438 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 37 - Unsearchable Riches Of Christ - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 37 Unsearchable Riches of Christ - Part 2 In the last lesson we spent the whole lesson on verse 8, teaching that we are to be seeking out the unsearchable riches of Christ. Ephesians 3:9 Oh, people have a hard time swallowing the fact that Christ created everything. Paul is trying to bring out the fact that to become a believer of these Pauline truths brings us into a fellowship of like-minded people. Ephesians 3:9a "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,..." Now not everyone is going to agree with me, and I don’t expect them too, and they don’t have to, but to me when Paul speaks of the mysteries, then he’s speaking about this whole volume of revealed truths that had never been revealed before. Now I’m not going to put the mysteries on just a singular mystery. I know some footnotes claim that the mystery was that God would make up the Body of Christ with Jews and Gentiles. The mystery is this whole volume of the Pauline truths. And you can start these mysteries out with, "What is man?" The Old Testament doesn’t really tell you, but when you get to Romans chapter 5, and I Corinthians chapter 15, Paul reveals "that man is a created being who has fallen from his relationship with the Creator." And only Paul points that out. Romans 5:12a "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;..." Now reading on. I Corinthians 15:45-47 (describing Christ) 46. 47. The first man (Adam) is of the earth, earthy: the second man (or second Adam) is the Lord from heaven." The second Adam which was Christ. This Adam wasn’t a created being as Adam was, but rather this Adam was God Himself. I guess before Paul’s revelations it was unsearchable. Some of the other parts of this revelation were that God would justify sinful men by simply believing the Gospel. Now reading verse 9 again. Ephesians 3:9a "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, (these revealed Pauline truths) which from the beginning of the world (age. Do you realize how many times the Scriptures repeat and repeat? So all these revelations were hid in the mind of God until He revealed them to this apostle. God didn’t tell the Old Testament prophets, or share it with His disciples in His earthly ministry. He didn’t reveal it to Peter and the eleven in the Book of Acts, but now God is ready to turn to the Gentile world. Galatians 1:11-12 12. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, (by men) but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." Now the first thing you have to ask yourself, "Where is Jesus Christ when Paul gets the revelations?" Galatians 1:16-17 See what Paul is saying? Also remember that Peter writes his two letters about the same time Paul writes these prison epistles. II Peter 3:15-16a "And account (or understand) that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation; (do you realize that the major purpose of this Bible from cover to cover is to bring lost people to a knowledge of salvation) even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16. Here after all these years, Peter by inspiration still says, "that in Paul’s epistles are somethings (salvation) hard to be understood." Now finishing the verse. II Peter 3:16b So all of these revelations given Paul had been hid in the mind of God. It’s the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. Ephesians 3:9b "...who created all things by Jesus Christ:" Again the Old Testament never gives us a hint that it was Jesus the Lord, the Messiah Who was the Creator, but you see Paul repeats it over and over. Now let’s move on to verse 10. So all of these mysteries that God has kept secret were revealed to this apostle. Ephesians 3:10 "To the intent that now (not going back to pre-Pauline time, but from Paul’s time forward to the intent that now) unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places (or heavenlies)might be known by the church (the Body of Christ) the manifold wisdom of God." The angels never could comprehend the Grace of God to save people. Ephesians 3:10 "To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." Now what’s the manifold wisdom of God? I’ve shared so often on this program, "Would to God that the church on the corner, the congregations, would teach their people, instead of just preaching at them." I’ve never read one of those books that shows the manifold wisdom of God. Now verse 11. Now let’s read it. Ephesians 1:11 "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:" The whole scheme of Scripture is to see lost people saved. For us to be used of God to reveal these things that may spare someone from an eternal doom. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible