414 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 35 -The Dispensation Of The Fulness Of Time

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 35 THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULLNESS OF TIME - PART 2 Now since we spent the whole last lesson on one verse I suppose it's time to move on to verse 8. Do you realize how many times Paul uses the word Grace? Well it's because Paul is writing about Grace in the Age of Grace. Ephesians 1:8 "Wherein (Grace in verse 7) he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;" How would you explain the abundant life? It has given the assurance that God is in total control of every moment of my life. So regardless of our circumstances we have the joy that Paul speaks of so much in the Book of Philippians. Paul is always saying in that Book, "Rejoice" And do you remember what kind of places Paul was in? We can pray at any time, and any place so that's all part of the abundant life. Ephesians 1:8b "...wisdom and prudence;" Now what's the word prudence? Prudence is just common horse sense! Now if can have wisdom and with it some good common horse sense, then you've got the abundant life. God has given all this to you and I as believers free. By faith. Remember there's nothing that pleases the heart of God more than the faith of a human being. Hebrews 3:18-19 We've appropriated His Grace - Ephesians 1:8 Ephesians 1:9a "Having made known unto us (Paul) the mystery of his will,..." What's another word for "mystery"? Secret. Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: (what kind of things? Secret things. Now what's a secret? Verse 9 again. Ephesians 1:9 In the mind of God. Romans 16:25 "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel (do you see how Paul uses the personal pronoun) and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since (Christ earthly ministry? Since Peter's message? God has kept all of this secret, since) the world began." Now that's the reason Jesus couldn't preach Paul's Gospel, that's why Peter couldn't preach it, because Paul's Gospel was still kept totally secret in the mind of God until Paul received it. What is the revelation of the secret then? Now I see that all the time, but you see in Paul's writings is where we have to be, because it was to this man that these secrets that had been held in the mind of God were finally revealed. Ephesians 3:8 It was revealed only to the apostle Paul. Ephesians 3:9 "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, (this secret) which from the beginning of the world (age) hath been hid (the same word in Deuteronomy 29:29) in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:" That's the mystery, this whole package of revealed truths that now comes only from the pen of the apostle Paul. Let's name a few of these truths that was revealed only to this apostle. 2. Redemption by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. You won't find that term Body of Christ anywhere else in Scripture except in Paul's writings. Every believer becomes a member of this Body of Christ. That's one of the revelations of the mystery. The Tribulation is God dealing with the Nation of Israel, the Tribulation comes out of all the prophet's statements of the Old Testament. Otherwise the Second Coming has nothing to do with Paul's teachings. There was nothing secret about Christ coming to the Nation of Israel was there? It was revealed unto Mary that His name would be called Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us. There's nothing secret about that. There's nothing in that Book that's a secret. It all fits with the Old Testament prophecy. "... whereof I Paul am made a minister; (Paul has to let us know that he's God's authority.) You don't find Jesus in His earthly ministry talking about the Body of Christ, because all He dealt with was Israel and the prophetic. But in Paul's writings he's constantly reminding us that we are members of the Body of Christ, a special combination of believers from every walk of life, from every corner of the globe, by virtue of having believed the Gospel. Now verse 25. Colossians 1:25-26 "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, (Gentiles) to fulfil (or bring to completion) the word of God; 26. Even the mystery (the secret) which hath been hid (most people don't even want to read that. Colossians 2:2-3 God has never revealed these truths before. II Corinthians 11:5 II Corinthians 11:22-23 Then come into chapter 12, and drop down to verse 11. And again Paul is defending that apostleship here. II Corinthians 12:11 Peter is the big wheel in Jerusalem.' Paul has now become uppermost in authority. God had now turned to the whole human race, and this was all part and parcel of the revelations of mysteries which had been hidden in God, but now have been revealed to this man. #lesfeldick #biblestudy #bible