peace to live by

Paul's Encouragement for the Church, Part 2 (TMF:2610)

Friday, May 09, 2025
Peace to Live By: Paul's Encouragement for the Church, Part 2 (TMF:2610) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul says Christ is God’s mystery. That’s peculiar because we don’t often seem to think of Christ as a mystery. It seems like we already know a lot about him. We know who he is, that he’s God. We know about his birth and earthly ministry. We know about his crucifixion for our sins and then rising from the dead. We know these things. So what is the mystery? Before we get into this mystery, let’s back up a little bit and not miss the part of the verse where Paul says of the church, “being knit together in love.” It’s a cool illustration, or picture, that is used here—one of which certainly refers to clothing, and how clothing is made. Interwoven. Each thread interwoven into another. And all the threads, each crossing the other, form the whole. It really is the perfect picture of the church. It is how it’s supposed to be. And interestingly, and on more of a sadder note, while the concept makes good sense to us, experientially, it may be more foreign to us in American church life than we realize.