Friday, August 29, 2014

Grace, Mysteries and Manifold Wisdom

Ephesians 3:8-10 KJV
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Grace is given three names in these verses:
  • Grace
  • Mystery
  • Manifold wisdom
And each is a perception had of the thing by different bodies of persons:
To the individual who is saved it is grace
Say what you will, those of us who are saved know that our salvation is only of grace. We could never deserve it. We can only receive it. It is 
  • Undeserved
  • Unexpected and
  • Unimaginably blessed
to be saved

To the world of unsaved men it is a mystery
They cannot comprehend it. That an all powerful God would also be all loving and gracious is beyond their logic. That He knows us in our fullest details and yet still loves us is too good, in their eyes, to be true.

To the principalities and powers in heavenly places it is the manifold wisdom of God
They cannot know grace except as it is demonstrated upon sinful man. They are not jealous of grace as those given to such evil thoughts have already fallen, but they do wonder and marvel at such a thing.

  • Salvation
  • Redemption
  • Forgiveness 
  • Adoption
These are: 

  • Graces to the saved
  • Mysteries to the world and 
  • Manifold wisdom to the angels

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