Greetings Flag Branch members and friends and thanks for taking the time to join me, Pastor Jordan, for some Fine Points from Sunday’s service and message “Best Kept Secret”.
A secret is something few or no others are aware of that people would find of interest and worthy of knowing. There are things about humanity’s existence and purpose that have not been known until Jesus came and revealed that to humanity.
While our Creator’s purpose for us was formulated before He created the world, it was kept hidden from us until now. Our purpose then is the world’s best kept secret. It is something that was always there, but few knew or suspected it.
Jesus used a teaching method called parables to reveal the hidden secrets of life that are so important to God’s children. A parable is an earthly story or narrative that has a hidden or veiled meaning. In some ways it is similar to a riddle.
To avoid giving these holy and eternal gifts to those who are unworthy of them by their rejection of them, God allows these secrets to be discovered by those who really want to know them. Parables require people to seek and inquire as to the true meaning of what has been said.
On the surface, it may not make sense or seem to mean something that it does not mean. People therefore will dismiss them, devalue them and ignore them because they feel that don’t need them or they are of little or of no importance.
But those for whom God made the world and prepared an eternal inheritance will seek to know the mysteries of life which the parables are intended to reveal. Because of what they provide and offer to humanity and are not generally known or understood, the gospel is therefore the world’s best kept secret.
As we get to know and understand more of these eternal secrets, we appreciate and value what they reveal so much more. Because we understand and appreciate the value of these secrets, we are compelled to help others see and understand what we do.
The problem is that we can not force others to understand, believe or appreciate the hidden message contained in the gospel. But if we love others, which the understanding and appreciation of God’s best kept secret will cause us to do, we have to try to help other to see.
Jesus said we are happy or blessed if we understand these secrets and they help us to navigate a world filled with adversity and trials. The world’s best kept secret is that God has prepared an eternal place for us in eternity with Him that has been in place before the world was ever made thanks to Jesus not secret anymore.
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Pastor Jordan
