You are a mystery lover if you play the board game Clue. You like solving problems. As a believer, you yearn to know more about God and eternity. The Bible also challenges us to learn and to be more God-like.
Paul, while writing to Timothy, states that godliness is a mystery. In the first book of Timothy, chapter 3, verse 16, there are six areas hard for the believer to understand fully.
How did God reveal Himself in the flesh? Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us. But how? The Bible states that the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary (Luke 1:35), but how is the mystery? We can speculate, but we will never know completely this side of eternity.
The Spirit of God declares us righteous and indwells every believer. Once again, how? I didn’t see Him enter my body. But I do know I changed when I accepted Jesus as my Savior. That’s the Spirit living inside of me. How He leads me is still a mystery.
We either admit it or vehemently deny that angels provide protection and minister to us, especially when we are weak (Matthew 28:2). Most of the time, we don’t know or realize that they are watching over us.
Have you ever wondered why you were allowed to hear the gospel message? There must be a reason. God will somehow reveal it to you at the appropriate time. God has a purpose for you, and you will do well to diligently search for that reason or reasons and accomplish His purpose.
Parts of the world have heard about Jesus at least in the historical sense. Yet someone, somehow, shared with you the need for a savior. You live in a part of the world where the Bible is taught. Why? That’s one of the great mysteries of our lives.
By faith, the Bible believers will someday arrive in heaven. But how? Elijah ascended in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11). Enoch “was not” (Genesis 5:24). The book of Hebrews states, “God translated him” (Hebrews 11:5). All we know about how we’re going to heaven is in 2 Corinthians 5: 8. “To be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord” (NKJV). Another mystery that God will reveal in eternity.