What is the mystery God made known to us in Ephesians 1:9?
Ephesians 1:9 states that God made known the mystery, or secret, of His will. This mystery is according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself. It concerns God's hidden counsel, kept secret until He chose to reveal it, with all things beginning and ending in the mind of God.
Les teaches from Ephesians 1:9 that God has made known the mystery, or secret, of His will according to His good pleasure purposed in Himself. He connects this to Moses' words that secret things belong unto the Lord our God, while things revealed are made known so we may do all the words of the Law. The same God has kept things secret until He saw fit to reveal them. Les emphasizes that everything starts and finishes in the mind of God, so the mystery is His hidden will now revealed by His good pleasure.
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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What does 'mystery' mean in Ephesians 1:9?
In Ephesians 1:9, 'the mystery' means the secret of His will.
What is the mystery of His will in Ephesians 1:9?
The 'mystery' in Ephesians 1:9 is the secret of God's will.