What Do You Do With the Lord Jesus Christ?

“For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. Ephesians 3:1-8 NKJV

Finally, yes at last, the mystery of God has been unfolded, the mystery of Christ, which in other ages and generations was not made known to the sons of men. But now it has been revealed by the Holy Spirit to His holy apostles [The Twelve, Paul, others] and prophets [Luke, Mark, James, others]. The long preparation for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ has been fulfilled by the Son Jesus Christ Himself and so has the mystery of God unlocked.

What is the mystery of Christ? This mystery is something that all human beings are desperately searching yearningly and longingly for ages and generations. The mystery of God has been revealed by the Son Jesus Christ who was born in Bethlehem, crucified and buried, and resurrected from the dead according to the scriptures. The mystery of God is that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise [of the Holy Spirit] in Christ Jesus the Lord.

First, the Gentiles are joint heirs with Christ. We are the heirs of Christ that all the Christ’s is ours as well. We do not yet see that everything is subject to Christ Jesus. Hebrews 2:8 says, “’You have put all things in subjection under his feet.’ For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.” All things are Christ’s and all His ours. Paul said to the saints in the church of Corinth, “For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” (1 Corinthians 3:21-23 NKJV)

However, we do not yet see what we ought to be. Although we’re getting old and wasting away, simply dying, we have the infallible assurance and hope of being renewed day by day, not the outer man, but the inner man [human spirit] in our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:16). The resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees that we are joint heirs with Him because He is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1 Corinthians 15:20).

Next, we are of the joint members of the body of Christ Jesus the Lord. Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection has already demolished the hostility and enmity between the Jews and Gentiles (Ephesians 2:14-18). Apostle Paul explains the mystery of peace in the Epistle to the church of Ephesians. “For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.” (Ephesians 2:14-16 NKJV)

Again, we do not yet see that peace fulfilled in our world, but since the coming of Christ Jesus the true peace has already infiltrated into our humanity that we can forgive one another, even our enemies, love the unlovable, accept the unacceptable, embrace the repulsive, and achieve the unachievable. Christ Jesus is the ultimate solution for peace in heavens and on earth.

Furthermore, we are joint sharers [partakers] of His promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Since the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit has come into the hearts of the people who confess and believe Jesus Christ the Son of God as Lord. We all received the gift of the Spirit who indwells within us eternally. Paul explains this truth in the letter to the Colossians. “…the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:26-27 NKJV)

The mystery of God has been disclosed and given to us through the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The mystery of God shows, leads, teaches, guides, and reveals us how to live in this age of perverts and crooks. One question rings our ears, “What do you do with the Lord Jesus Christ?” The answer is obviously to accept Him personally as Lord now.