Called to Preach the Unsearchable Riches of Christ

“Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. Ephesians 3:7-13 ESV

The mystery of Christ has finally been disclosed when the time was fully mature through Person, the Son of Man, in the first century. This is the good news of great joy to the all peoples on earth as the angel of the Lord shouted out at the birth of Christ Jesus. The mystery of God which had been hidden for ages and generations is "Christ in you, the hope of glory." That we are co-heirs with Christ, of the same body and the partakers of the same promise in Jesus Christ the Lord. Apostle Paul was called to dispense the mystery of Christ according to the gift of God's grace by the working of His power. The gift of grace is available to all the saints not only in the first century but throughout the ages.

The mystery of Christ is what our humans has desperately been longing and yearning to know since the fall of the race. Paul calls it the unsearchable riches of Christ, the exceeding glory of Christ. The mystery of God is now known to the saints in Christ Jesus that through the church, the body of Christ Jesus, the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Who are the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places? They are the angels including the angles of darkness. They are staggered, literally eyeballed, at being known the mystery of God that the gospel was preached to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. The angels are silenced at the revelation of God’s love that not only reached out to the fallen race but also awakened them to respond back to love the invisible God in return. This is not a second thought of God at all, but was planned and designed before the foundation of the world according to the eternal purpose.

Therefore, we now have boldness and confidence to access to the throne of grace. Practically, the throne of grace is within the believers’ heart. Having access is not all, but taking His grace boundlessly is all. Jesus Christ invited the people at the end of the Feast of Tabernacle that anyone who thirsts let him come unto Him and drink out of the rivers of living water [the Holy Spirit] (John 7:37-38). That’s the mystery of God. We are not left alone anymore in Jesus Christ. He is in us and we in Him. This is the new arrangement of living for anyone who confesses Jesus Christ is Lord.