To Make All Men See!

“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery…To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.”

(Ephesians 3:9-10)

The Church of Jesus Christ is the most important and most powerful institution in the world. In times past she has turned the course of hundreds of thousands if not millions of human hearts. Through prayer and suffering and savoring the glory of God evidenced in the lives of saints, the church has manifested the majesty and holiness and will of God to a world racked with the rebellion and dysfunction of sin.

In America past this manifestation of salt and light has been a spiritual preservative and moral compass even among those who have not bowed the knee to Jehovah. Governmental leaders were once raised in a culture that was saturated by a remnant that vividly displayed the truth of a holy God and His will for man through their daily living. Sadly this is not the case today and the church in America has become a mere shadow of the substance she was created to be.

Instead of being salt and light the church has become like those it was intended to reach and the culture that was once restrained by the manifestation of a God saturated church has been swallowed up in the pride of humanism and an unrelenting passion for sin. If indeed there is to be any hope for the millions in America who are plummeting off into hell there must first be a revival within the church in America. We who call ourselves by His name must examine ourselves and call upon God in humility and sincerity to rescue us from the clutches of this culture. Only then will we be able to get back to that pure reason for our existence...seeing and savoring and showing the glory of God to a lost and dark world.

Paul knew this call and lived his whole life under its weight. It drove his every decision, prayer, letter, fellowship and suffering. Paul's great passion was to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery…To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.” (Ephesians 3:9-10). To know God and to make Him known was the great end for which Paul lived his life.

Most of us live our lives with far too little awareness of the stupendous realities around us. Most of us go through day after day and seldom feel the impact of the magnitude of what we are caught up in by belonging to Jesus Christ, the ruler of the universe. We no longer take enough time to meditate on how our jobs, our home life, our leisure, our church involvement, or our daily lives fit into the cosmic significance of the church. Consequently our lives often lack the flavor of eternity and the aroma of something ultimate.

Yet this is why we exist...why we, as children of the Most High King, draw breath every moment...to see (putting ourselves in the way of such spiritual sight and meditating on), savor (enjoying and being satisfied in above all things) and show (manifesting before the world with excitement and grace) the glory of God in all things.

In order to get back to this we must return to the simplicity which is in Christ. We must cast aside our favorite toys, pride and worldy pleasure for the all satisfying wonder and weight of the glory of God. It is time for the church in America to wake up from its long slumber and selfish pursuits to realize its call as a bond slave of Jesus Christ and to manifest Him before a world racked with sin and self.

Only then can we make known in sincerity and truth the mystery that God wrought in redemptive history. The mystery that by the spilt blood of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary a people was purchased who can know the glory of their Creator, the wonder of His will and the beauty of His manifest presence and power.

So why do we exist? To make all men see! To be a preservative, to restrain evil, to show the solution for the myriads of evils confronting the world...we exist to manifest and magnify God!