Scripture Reading:
Ephesians 3:8
As the Apostle Paul
traveled on his missionary journeys, his procedure was to go first
into the synagogue of the Jews and reason with them out of the
Scriptures, "Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have
suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I
preach unto you, is Christ" (Acts 17:3). When the noble Bereans
heard Paul's preaching, they "searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11). Of course, these
were the Old Testament Scriptures, for the New Testament was not yet
written at that time.
However, God was in the
process of giving further revelation to Paul, and these new truths
could not be traced back to the Old Testament. This is why Paul calls
them "the unsearchable riches of Christ" (Ephesians 3:8).
The word "unsearchable" is a hunting term meaning, "unable
to be tracked or traced." This describes the nature of the great
mystery revealed to Paul for the Gentiles. It was hidden from ages
and generations (Colossians 1:26; Ephesians 3:5), but now has been
made known for all to see in the epistles of Paul.
What are these
unsearchable riches? They are too numerous to mention in this short
article, but they include the catching away (rapture) of the Body of
Christ (I Corinthians 15:51), the joining of Jew and Gentile in one
body (Ephesians 3:6), the unique Gentile program of God during the
time of Israel's blindness (Romans 11:25) and many more blessed
truths. These things were simply not revealed in the Hebrew
Scriptures. Search and see; but thank God they are now made known to
the saints!
How God Saves
Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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