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Friday, March 7,
2008
Unsearchable Riches
Ephesians 3:8-12 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; (9) 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:
(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, (11)
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord: (12) In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith
of him. (KJV)
Why did Paul describe the riches of
Christ as being unsearchable? Mainly because you won’t find the riches of
Christ in the realm of the flesh, which is where many are still looking for
the answer and are still being deceived into thinking they will find it in
the riches of this life. Where else and what price tag can you put on
having a boldness and access to the throne of God with a confidence because
of your faith in Christ? Nowhere else could this be found, nothing else
could come remotely close to giving you this kind of peace and joy; a
perfect love which casts out all our fear. This is the manifold wisdom that
the devil has been fighting against the Church to try and detour us from
this truth which sets us free and allows us to see and understand the
fellowship of this mystery, which is hid to the carnal man but revealed to
the spiritual man in Christ. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so
great is this mercy and the riches of this wisdom to those that seek and
find it with all their heart.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (KJV)
While we were running around on this
earth chasing our tail in destruction and misery before our conversion in
Christ, we were missing out on all the spiritual blessings that are in
Christ. Haven’t you spent enough time knowing that the things of this life
are nothing more than a dead end? So why do so many try and incorporate the
riches of this life with the riches of God? Like Paul said, ‘have we suffered
so many things in vain if it yet be in vain?’ When you try to mix and match
you end up corrupting the original living waters with man-made additives
that pollute and distort the original intention. While I hear of so many
testimonies of people that limit blessings to this realm, mostly how God
has blessed them financially, I rarely hear of those that have come to a
true understanding of the mystery of the gospel where all the treasures of
God’s wisdom and knowledge are hid in Christ, and those that have a working
knowledge of the Son. The things of this life are temporal, which refers to
temporary, but the things of God are eternal and only those that build
their foundation on the name of Jesus Christ will be able to tap into all
these spiritual blessings in Him. So why settle for less Church? If you
desire the things of God then you need to start looking in His realm, on
His turf which is spiritual and located in the heavenly places. If you wish
to seek the riches of this life then go get the Wall Street Journal.
Luke 6:24-26 But woe unto you that are
rich! for ye have received your consolation. (25) Woe unto you that are
full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn
and weep. (26) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so
did their fathers to the false prophets. (KJV)
Those that have settled for the riches of
this life have their reward; and as we brought nothing into this world,
they have nothing to take with them once they depart. Because they chose to
have a good time while they were here they will spend an eternity mourning
and weeping over the fact that they neglected the true riches and spiritual
blessings that were in Christ because they listened to and supported a
bunch of people pleasing ear tickling hucksters who claimed to be prophets
of God. So when all men speak well of them watch out, because obviously
they were no threat to the devil but rather were speaking on his behalf
under the pretense of religion. While many think the so called church of today
is so strong and growing rapidly, the devil doesn’t mind if mankind has
religion as long as it doesn’t involve the truth which will set them free.
After all the enemy has been playing mankind for a chump since the garden
of Eden; by talking mankind out of partaking of the tree of life which is
Christ and settling for a cheap imitation for something of this life. While
many are building their monuments which they claim are in the name of the
Lord, then have the nerve to name the ministries after themselves which
truly shows you whose ministry it really is, very few are building the
people up in the name of Jesus Christ, the only name under heaven whereby
we may be saved.
Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my
knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (15) Of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is named, (16) That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his
Spirit in the inner man; (17) That Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (18) May be able to
comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and
height; (19) And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. (KJV)
Again what price tag can you put on the
riches of this inner strength that is only available to those that know our
Lord Jesus Christ and how to access Him? To be able to have a faith in Him
rooted and grounded in the love of God, like a tree planted by the river of
life so that no matter what storms we endure we will not be blown over with
winds and self serving doctrines of man, is priceless. This is a love, a
confidence and strength that goes beyond anything we could have ever
imagined or thought of, one that can’t be bought or found with the riches
of this life but is freely given to those that seek it in the heavenly
realm. The Lord’s riches of His glory are eternal. The riches of this life
are only temporal and have an eternal price tag of misery and destruction
to those that chose to limit themselves to them.
Matthew 13:22-23 He also that received
seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this
world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
(23) But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (KJV)
The seed is the word of God which is
Christ; and those that nurture and water it with the living spiritual
waters will see it grow and produce a spiritual crop, all the spiritual
blessings God intended for you to partake of. Those that choose the things
of this life will find themselves deceived in the end and forever
regretting what they ignored and were talked out of. So where is your
treasure today, and what realm are you seeking it in? Are you settling for
something of this realm, or are you looking above and beyond this one into
the heavenly realm to find the unsearchable riches in Christ so that the
eyes of your understanding can be enlightened to a working knowledge of
this mystery?
1 Timothy 6:9-10 But they that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction and perdition. (10) For the love of money is
the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from
the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (KJV)
The root of all evil can be traced back
to one thing, the love of money. So where does your root system lead to; the
love of God, or to the love of money? What source are you drawing from
today will determine your true intents and motives of the heart and where
you are going to spend your eternity.
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