Lighthouse Mystery Ministries

Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery

  • There are nearly 40,000 denominations across the United States that claim to have the keys to heaven when in fact most teach nothing but superstition and inerrant dogma  in order to assure that people feel good when they leave their services through entertainment, propaganda , or special programming.

  • To make matters worse, there are many bible-based ministries that are perverting the gospel of grace through ignorance and deception or through legalism ( a practice that "guilt's" people into serving God) in an attempt to fund their church coffers for personal gain!

If you are tired of the above nonsense, superstition and deceit and are seeking God's truth for man today, you have come to the right place my friend.  dialog is encouraged as well as the sharing of grace-centered sites and ideas in order to magnify Our Lord Jesus Christ and His message of grace as He revealed it to the apostle Paul.

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Have you heard?

Have you heard of the dispensing of grace that Jesus Christ revealed to Paul the apostle? Have you heard about the fact that Jesus Christ, through special revelation made known to Paul "perfect knowledge" so that it could be taught and embraced by His saints today???

This is the rhetorical question that Paul asked the saints at Ephesus in the verses below who 2,000 years ago had not understood as they ought to have and I am afraid that the same is true foe members of The Body of Christ today!

Ephesians 3:1-7 - 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power

What is The Mystery? - In the opening verses from Ephesians 3, Paul, with what would appear to be sarcasm, asks believers if they have heard of the dispensing of God's grace! Truth be known, most haven't distinguished the gospel of grace between the rest of the bible or really studied what the risen Christ revealed to Paul! Personally, I had always 'glossed' over Paul's letters. I had read them but I had wrongly assumed that Paul was teaching the same message as Peter and the 12 apostles or a continuation of their ministry (also known as Jesus Christ's earthly ministry.

What is the make up of The Mystery? - Components of The Mystery can be broken down into five points as followed:

  1. The preaching of the cross as compared to prophetic scriptures concerning the crucifixion were not preached until Paul. (see I Corinthians 1:17-18.)

  2. God's Gentile program (which is now in the forefront during Israel's blindness) was unknown prior to Paul's teachings. (see Romans 11:25 and compare the scripture with Mark 7:26,27.) PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT to be confused with the Gentiles (or the nations) coming through Israel as prophesied and revealed plainly in the OT. - RICK

  3. The catching away (also known as "the rapture") of the Body of Christ. (see 1 Corinthians 15:51 as well as "our blessed hope" in Titus 2:13).

  4. The union of Christ and the Church in one Body. This concept was never introduced in any dispensing of God’s prior administrations.
    (Ephesians 5:31)

  5. The equality of Jew and Gentile alike in the Body of Christ. (Ephesians 2:11-16)

What Is The Big Deal?  - When I first became aware of the distinctiveness of God's dispensing of grace or "The Mystery", I did not think it would cause that much of a problem to those I was excited to share it with.  I soon realized that when I began to point out significant differences many fundamental churches had with this doctrine,  that the friction increased proportionally with those I was attending church with! The big deal is you cannot mix law and grace and I would urge you to compare the ministries of Peter (to the circumcised) and Paul (to the un-circumcised) while considering what the bible has to say. Most of the denominationalism we have today is attributed to differences and beliefs held on the topics of prayer (and what to expect from God), water baptism, forgiveness, eternal security and whether or not I can take the bible literally to name but a few!

What about what Jesus had to say?  - An old time pastor that I know told many believers that he was frustrated with bibles that included Christ's words in red. This pastor felt that publishers who did this attempted to minimize the importance of the rest of the bible. Friends, although this pastor does not embrace the message of grace as this ministry does, he was indeed on to something! One could make a case for having Paul's letters be in red since his message was received by special revelation from Jesus Christ Himself....