Enriched
in Utterance and Knowledge
by
Pastor Paul M. Sadler
“I’m a little foggy on the meaning of this passage. ‘That in everything ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you’ (I Cor.inthians 15,6).”
The key to understanding
this passage is to remember that Paul was writing to the
Corinthians during the transition period. The apostle was
showing them how they had been enriched by the Lord when He
imparted to them the supernatural gift of tongues (utterance) to
communicate Paul’s gospel, and the gift of knowledge that they
might more fully understand the will of God (I Corinnthians 12:4-11).
This is confirmed for us in the very next verse where Paul said
to them, “So that ye come behind in no gift” (I Corinthians 1:7).
These miraculous gifts were the “testimony of Christ” that
was confirmed in them. This was a demonstration that God was now
working among the Gentiles. Thus we are introduced by the
Apostle Paul to a new creation, which is the Church, the Body of
Christ.
Once the Body of Christ
was established in the faith, and the Word of God was completed
by Paul (i.e., the Mystery), the supernatural sign gifts of the
Acts period ceased (I Corinthians 13:8-11 cf. Col. 1:25,26). God has
replaced these gifts with something infinitely better: faith,
hope, and love (I Corinthians13:13).
Subsequently, if you
want to know the will of God for this present age you must turn
to Paul’s epistles for guidance. This is also true as you live
for Him day by day
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