True Godliness is a Great Mystery (Santosh Poonen)

God wants our love more than anything else. So, He has hidden the deeper mysteries of Himself, to see if we will search them out (Proverbs 25:2). The secret to living a godly life is getting revelation that Jesus Christ came in flesh like mine. This is the revelation that Jesus, as God, lived on earth as a man, facing all the types of temptations we face (Hebrews 2:17-18) and was proved spotless and pure in spirit (Hebrews 4:15). The secret to freedom from sin is grace (Romans 6:14). Jesus never sinned because He was under grace — from birth (Luke 2:40), to death (Hebrews 2:9).When God said, “If you [disobey] you will die”, the Devil deceived with, “You shall surely not die” (Genesis 3:3-4). Likewise, when God says, “If you live after the flesh you will die” (Romans 8:13), the Devil deceives many so-called believers with the same lie that they will not die. Most churches are preaching this “another Jesus” (II Corinthians 11:3-4). The reason God called you is to follow Jesus’ example of godliness on earth (I Peter 2:21-25). That’s far greater than His simply calling you to forgive your sins! To truly follow Jesus is to live with the same mentality that He had when He lived on earth, that I can’t afford to sin even once, I can’t afford to be outside of the Father’s Will for even one second. To live like Jesus lived you must be as desperate for that life of holiness as Jesus was — He cried out with loud crying and tears and feared God (Hebrews 5:7). When we neglect the mystery of godliness and disobey God it results in spiritual deafness. If we progress down that part we won’t be able to hear the Spirit speaking anymore (Hebrews 5:11). Having received revelation on the mystery of godliness, when we obey God in faith, He will establish us (Romans 16:25-27).