Be a Berean - Study - See If These Things are So - Gods Eternal Purpose. God’s eternal purpose - The Epistle to the - {Ephesians} - tells us of God’s eternal purpose - The message and program of Ephesians is according to that Divine purpose. Note - {Ephesians 3:11} - {According To The Eternal Purpose Which He Purposed In Christ Jesus Oou Lord}. Before we understand the eternal purpose in - {Ephesians} - let us see how it is stated in - {Romans 8:28 to 32 - 2 Timothy 1:9 and 10 - Romans 16:25 - 1 Corinthians 2:7 and 8}. {And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose - For whom He did foreknow - He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son - that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover - whom He did predestinate - them He also called - and whom He called - them He also justified: and whom He justified - them He also glorified - What shall we then say to these things??? - If God be for us who can be against us???? - He that spared not His own Son - but delivered Him up for us all - how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things??? - {Romans 8:28 to 32}. {Who hath saved us - and called us with an holy calling - {NOT} - according to our works - but according to His own purpose and Grace - which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began - But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ - Who hath abolished death - and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel} - {2 Timothy 1:9 and 10}. {Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to - {my Gospel} - and the preaching of Jesus Christ - according to the revelation of the mystery - which was kept secret since the world began} - {Romans 16:25}. {But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery - even the hidden wisdom - which God ordained before the world unto our glory - Which none of the princes of this world knew - for had they known it - they would - {NOT} - have crucified the Lord of glory} - {1 Corinthians 2:7 and 8}. There is - {NO} - clear statement concerning this blessed truth explaining the mystery until we come to Paul’s Prison Epistles. In - {Romans 8:28} - we read - According to God’s purpose - He foreknew and predestinated. In - {2 Timothy 1:9} - we read - according to God’s eternal purpose - Grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. In - {1 Corinthians 2:7 and 8} - we read - this was ordained to our glory before the world began. In - {Romans 16:25} - we read - the preaching of Paul’s Gospel - according to the revelation of the mystery - was kept secret since before the world began. Thus we have the light from other Scriptures on the eternal purpose of God in Christ Jesus - God purposed this before the world began - God kept His eternal purpose a secret - The risen Lord revealed it to Paul by revelation - It is called - {the mystery of God’s will} - (Ephesians 1:9). {The mystery of the Gospel} - {Ephesians 6:19 and 20} - This eternal purpose of God concerning the members of the Body of Christ and His Dispensation of Grace was - {NOT} - made known to the sons of men in other ages}. God said in - {Colossians 1:25 and 26} - {Whereof I/Paul am made a minister, according to the Dispensation of God which is given to me for you - to fulfill - {complete} - the Word of God - Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations - but now is made manifest to His Saints}. God predestinated this Divine economy - purpose and program - but He did - {NOT} - permit His Old Testament servants to prophesy it - He did - {NOT} - even disclose it to them - Therefore - it is called - {The Mystery} - in - {Ephesians}. Note what God said in - {Ephesians 3:8} - {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}. Here the Holy Spirit refers to - {the mystery of God’s will} - {the mystery of the Gospel} - {the eternal purpose of God - as - {The Unsearchable Riches OF Christ} - The Greek root of the word - {unsearchable} - is a word meaning - {step} - or - {track} - Therefore the word means - {Unsearchable} - or - {Cannot Be Traced}. By way of contrast note truth concerning Christ that could be tracked - {Acts 17:11} - {These were more noble than those at Thessalonica - in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind - and searched the Scriptures daily - whether those things were so}. The Bereans could confirm or refute Paul’s message of Christ by searching the Scriptures from Genesis to Malachi - but - {NO ONE} - could confirm or deny the - {Mystery} - truth of - {Ephesians} - by diligently studying the Scriptures from Genesis to Malachi - because all of the faithful servants of the Lord who wrote those inspired messages were both silent and ignorant concerning the unrevealed mystery - later made known to Paul. Peter and the eleven who were associated with Jesus of Nazareth during His earthly ministry - could throw - {NO} - light on the subject - They remembered - {John 16:12 and 13} - {I have yet many things to say unto you - but ye cannot bear them now - Howbeit when He - the Spirit of truth - is come - He will guide you into all truth - for He shall not speak of Himself - but whatsoever He shall hear - that shall He speak - and He will show you things to come. What Peter learned of the - {New Dispensation} - of Grace - the new commission - and the spiritual program for members of the Body of Christ - he learned from Paul. Now note Paul’s inspired words in - {Ephesians 1:9 and 11} - {Having made known unto us the mystery of His will - according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself - That in the Dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ - both which are in heaven - and which are on earth - even in Him}. Here we learn that the mystery of God’s will was according to God’s pleasure and purpose - But note that God had now made it known - It therefore should - {NO} - longer be a secret - Wake up Church - If the man behind your Pulpit is - {NOT} - preaching the Mystery - you need to find out why not??? The secret has been told - The mystery has been disclosed - Members of Christ’s Body - predestinated according to God’s purpose - are to constitute - {One New Man} - {Ephesians 2:15}. Remember - A perverted - {Gospel} - {Subverts the soul} - Satan is always the enemy of the - Gospel} - of the - {Grace OF God} - He heads up every - {Religious system in the world} - not only in the pagan world but in Christendom. Many people confuse that which is - {Religious} - or - {moral} - with that which is - {Spiritual} - Pure Christianity and pure Religion are - {Different}. {Another Gospel} - Note the - Anathema} -of God is upon the - {Messenger} - of a - {mixed message} - The messenger may believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures - in the virgin birth and Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ - in His sacrifice for sins and His bodily resurrection - and still be a heretic - {Guilty} - of frustrating the - {Grace OF God} and perverting the - {Gospel OF Grace} - God is very jealous concerning His own redemptive work.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:23:38 +0000
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