The mystery religion

 "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." (1Cor. 1:19).

"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." (2Tim. 3:7).

"The rebelling mind can recreate the truth and call it truth. It can remodel the truth, and then drum up many arguments to prove its new truth. The unregenerate mind will study and study and study nature and revelation to hopefully stumble upon some evidence until it finds the missing link. Does not the Bible call us to “light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till [we] find it?” (Luke 15:8). Yes, but from the context of only true God."

Much controversy has erupted on the Trinitarian front. Can we find the hidden issues behind the contending parties? Here's one.

The fallen nature seeks salvation the easy way. In spiritual things faith alone can attain it. But faith is not obtained overnight. Neither is the road to it a rose garden. Redemption is precious, that is, it costs infinite riches. It costed the most precious life of the Prince of heaven. Salvation is deliverance from Satan and sin. And it will cost the life of everyone who lays claim to it. It will cost them their idols and every god that vie for our heart.

Therefore, conviction of sin has always been the foundation of the kingdom of God. And the evasion of conviction was ever been the foundation of the kingdom of Satan. Therefore we have these two axioms:

"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in the them." (Isa. 8:20).

"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." (Gal. 3:24).

Only the religion of God will lead to God. And only the religions of Satan will end at Satan. Satan's religions can never lead to God. The Law of God is the Law of love, the Law of righteousness. But the law of the devil is the law of lust and sin. The two laws are as far apart as the North Pole to the South Pole. God's Law is self-sacrificing; Satan's law is self-indulgent. God's Law is self-depricating; Satan's is self-exaltation. Love "seeketh not her own"; but lust is the only object and subject of self. Disinterested love serves others; self-interest forces others to serve it. Love is meek and trustful; lust is proud and trusts no one. The wine of God brings health to the body, brain, and soul. The wine of Babylon promises wholeness but never delivers. Love is everlasting life; but lust eternal desolation and bitterness.

God's humbling conviction of sin speaks of a loving Father. Satan's school of self-preservation speaks only of a mean opportunist. True life comes only through death. Real death comes through dodging death to self.

In Satan's religion, under his rule, the mystical, the unknowing is the object of study. It's a system of ever learning to know nothing. It's a school that teaches a round of busywork.

This is the motive behind the worship of the Trinity. "You can't understand the three in one God! It's a mystery! You can meditate on it for eternity and never know how three equals one! We worship three divine Beings, but not three Gods! It's a mystery! God the Father is highest in rank among the three, but they are all co-equal in every respect. It's just another mystery!