奧秘

「這恩典是神用諸般智慧聰明，充充足足賞給我們的；都是照他自己所預定的美意，叫我們知道他旨意的奧祕，」

that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

奧秘並不是指某種小心看守的神秘秘密，只有獲得傳授祕訣的人才能窺其堂奧，這裡的奧秘是指未獲外援的情況下，人類心智尚未發現的事。人類的心思憑著自己的努力，是永遠無法明白，是超越人的心思所能及的，但是當聖靈向他啟示出來的時候，他就能夠明白。這個關乎神旨意與救恩計畫的偉大真理，只有在神將它顯明出來、啟示出來時，人才可以領受。並且神在祂的恩典與慈愛裡，已經樂意將它揭露出來，並啟示給他了。

閱讀鍾馬田《神終極的心意》