THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY- Part One.

(2 Thessalonians 2:7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Iniquity, is something that you know you ought not to do, and you do it anyhow. INIQUITY consists of the violation of the law of right (or duty) between man and man; wrongful or harmful actions towards another; grossly immoral acts with others. To practice iniquity is to be unjust and unequal in our dealings with someone. This is what we often read about in the Sacred Scripture. The workers of iniquity are, for example:

• Those who eat up God’s people like bread –

“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?” (Psa.14:4);

• And those who lay snares for the saints –

“Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.” (Psa.141:9).

According to the prophet messenger (William Braham), Sin is unbelief. Sin covers all wrong doing of any sort. (1 John 5:17):  All unrighteousness is sin: …

(1 John 3:4):  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

When a believer is taught God’s Truth and the simple fact of faith, he commits sin if he doubts, and fails to respond to, what is right.

(Hebrews 11:6) (NKJV):  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Many who are religious unrepentantly cloth themselves under redemption work at the cross doing the wrong things will have to desist from all forms of iniquity. (Luke 13:27):  But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Now, lawlessness is not merely something we do but rather what we think. If you tell a lie, you transgress the law. It is sin, it is lawlessness. If you refuse to do what is right in the eyes of God, even if you are not breaking the “law”, (1John 1:10) it is still lawlessness. If you do what is not the will of God, you commit presumptuous sin, it is lawlessness. There is a need for us to control our tempers, our gluttony to satisfy the flesh, even the consumption of food and drinks, and the words we utter.  We need to bring every thought under control.

Bro Stephen Awittor, Cape coast, Ghana.