My God and My Country

1 Timothy 3:15-16 - 1599 Geneva Bible

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest yet know, how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.
16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.


Father, thank you yet again for giving me another day to read and study your word. I ask only that you reveal to me, that which you wish for me to know – Amen

Brethren:


The Apostle herein sayest that God manifested Himself in the form of a man. He was then crucified, yet justified for and by His obedience to the Father. His life and rebirth (via the resurrection) was then preached unto the Gentiles, of which Paul was sent. Herein then is the mystery of the Godhead explained, to wit; Christ was born, Christ suffered and died, Christ rose again. All three sitting in the throne-room of the Living God, and all three are one with God. - R.P. Woitowitz


“The Pastor hath always to think, how that he is occupied in the house of the living God, wherein the treasure of the truth is kept. To wit, in respect of men: for the Church resteth upon that cornerstone, Christ, and is the preserver of the truth, but not the mother. There is nothing more excellent than this truth, whereof the Church is the keeper and preserver here amongst men, the ministry of the word being appointed to that end and purpose: for it teacheth us the greatest matters that may be thought of, to wit, that God is become visible in the person of Christ by taking our nature upon him, whose Majesty notwithstanding in so great weakness was manifested many ways, insomuch that the sight of it pierced the very Angels: and to conclude, he being preached unto the Gentiles was received of them, and is now placed above in glory unspeakable. The power of the Godhead showeth itself so marvelously in that weak flesh of Christ, that though he were a weak man, yet all the world knoweth he was, and is God” - GNV Study notes

“The church is the house of God; He dwells therein. Christ as a pillar holds forth a proclamation. The mystery of godliness is Christ. He is God, who was made flesh, and was manifest in the flesh. God was pleased to manifest himself to man by his own Son taking the nature of man. Though reproached as a sinner, and put to death as a malefactor: Christ was raised again by the spirit and so was justified with which he was loaded. God was manifest in the flesh, to take away our sins, to redeem us [to Himself] from all iniquity and to purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Matthew Henry