Verse 6
\nPaul\u2019s revelation of the mystery hidden through the ages.\u00a0\u00a0 See Colossians 1: 26-27.
\nI)\u00a0That the Gentiles should be:
\nA)\u00a0 Fellow- heirs, Romans 8: 17 says we are joint heirs with Christ.\u00a0 Think of the implications of this standing!
\nB)\u00a0Of the same body, refer back to chapter 2, verses11-21.\u00a0 This is the experiential aspect of the mystery.\u00a0 Add to this thought the fact that we are baptized into Christ Romans 6: 3-11, therefore we are seated together with him in heavenly places.\u00a0 This is the positional aspect of the mystery that assures the future aspects of resurrection and exaltation to sit with him as his bride on his throne.\u00a0 Revelation 3: 21.
\nC)\u00a0Partakers of his promise- Galatians 3:14 talks about the Gentiles might enjoy the blessings of Abraham, that blessing culminating in the promise of a \u201cseed\u201d which is Christ.\u00a0 The next thing mentioned in this verse is the promise of the Spirit, the Comforter Jesus promised in John 16.\u00a0 The indwelling of God with his people for which Jesus prayed in John 17: 26.\u00a0 God has always desired to dwell with his people as illustrated in the tabernacle which he commanded Moses to build, so that he might dwell among them.
\nII)\u00a0This promised is secured \u201cin Christ\u201d.\u00a0 He is our hope, anchored, secured within the veil.
\nIII)\u00a0By the gospel- What is the gospel, a message of glad tidings, of pardon full and free.\u00a0 A pardon that removes the enmity and makes man and God friends, even as Abraham who was called the friend of God. See John 15: 13-15.
\nVerse 7
\nI)\u00a0Wherefore I was made a minister.\u00a0 Colossians 1: 25
\nA)\u00a0The word minister is the word translated in other places \u201cdeacon\u201d.
\n1)\u00a0Deacons do not choose (run for) the office, they are selected by the church.\u00a0 It is a duty thrust upon them.
\n2)\u00a0God thrust this duty upon him. Acts 9: 15-16 and Romans 15:15-16.
\nII)\u00a0According to:
\nA)\u00a0The gift of grace, this was no natural talent or ability.\u00a0 God enabled Paul for the task assigned.\u00a0 In the parables of the talents and pounds, the master\u2019s condemnation was that the gift was not put to use, not what it had gained.\u00a0 Paul states God had given him a gift and he had put it to use, risked failure, but had not failed.
\nB)\u00a0By the effectual working of his power. Now he states why he had not failed.\u00a0 It was;
\n1)\u00a0The effectual working- this is one Greek word from which we get our word energy.\u00a0 It speaks of power or energy designed to accomplish a task.\u00a0 The same word is found in Hebrews 4: 12 speaking of the word of God.\u00a0 It is self-sufficient, in it is the energy needed to divide asunder\u2026.
\n2)\u00a0Power, Greek word from which we get dynamite.\u00a0 The power of dynamite is within its makeup, there is no outside influence.\u00a0 The Holy Ghost in Paul was the dynamic needed to complete the task.\u00a0 Just as the sower sowing seed, the sowers responsibility is to sow the seed, once sown the life in within the seed, God maketh it to grow.\u00a0 Psalm 126, our responsibility is to sow, God\u2019s is to give the increase.
\nVerse 8
\nI)\u00a0Unto me- is not a boast but an admission of the fact that duty was laid upon him and no doubt of marvel.
\nII)\u00a0Who am less\u2026\u00a0 In 1 Corinthians 15: 9 the he is the least of the apostles; in This Epistle he is least of saints; in 1 Timothy he is chief of sinners.\u00a0 These statements appear in the order of writing, it appears the older he got the more he realized just how bad he really was.\u00a0 Though no doubt outwardly he was being conformed to the image of Christ, inwardly he realized just how bad he really was and how far he by the grace of God had come.\u00a0 I remember an old saint in his eighties telling me that it never ceased to amaze him how much trouble he had with sin even though many of the outward temptations of the flesh were no longer the problem they once were.
\nIII)\u00a0This grace was given- again there is no doubt that Paul was amazed that God would entrust him with such a duty.
\nIV)\u00a0The grace entrust was the honor of preaching the gospel to the gentiles.
\nV)\u00a0The unsearchable riches of Christ- unsearchable is a track that cannot be explored.\u00a0 If this is true then how much is there to be discovered?
\nMen have such a difficulty accepting salvation by grace that they do not seem willing to delve into all the things that God has wrought in Christ and really let their minds carry them into the vast expanse of the grace of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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