[for our Still Active 'Great Grace Commission' (2Co 5:18-20)]
"...In Ephesians 3:2,3 he [Paul] asks his readers “if ye have
heard of The Dispensation of The Grace of God Which Is Given
me to you-ward; how that by Revelation He Made Known Unto
me The Mystery.”
This was The Message he was Commissioned to proclaim, and
he rightly called it “my gospel” (Rom. 16:25, et al). It is our
Gospel too, and we should never apologize for proclaiming it
consistently.
Those who suppose that this means that we must keep harping
on one string, as it were, only betray their ignorance of the broad
scope * of this Great Body of Truth.
We shall never fully measure the breadth and length and depth
and height * of it (Eph. 3:18,19), but as we keep measuring we
come to experience more and more “the Love of Christ, Which
Passeth knowledge” (Eph. 3:19).
In II Corinthians 4:7 God calls it a “Treasure.” In Colossians 1:27
He says that He would have His saints know “the Riches of the
Glory” of it. In II Timothy 1:14 He calls it a “Precious Deposit,”
Committed to our trust...
"...The times have changed, to be sure, but not our Commission.
The Great Revelation of Grace first Committed to Paul, and then
to his associates, and then to other “faithful men,” is our Great
Commission still. It has never been superseded or annulled, and
it has certainly not yet been fulfilled.
If we fail to obey it, or if we neutralize or water it down to accom-
modate ourselves to the confusion of our times we are derelict in
our duty and will answer to God for it...
"
(CR Stam)
FULL study:
A Closing Appeal
Grace, Peace, And JOY!
* The Dimensions Of The Mystery
"...In Ephesians 3:2,3 he [Paul] asks his readers “if ye have
heard of The Dispensation of The Grace of God Which Is Given
me to you-ward; how that by Revelation He Made Known Unto
me The Mystery.”
This was The Message he was Commissioned to proclaim, and
he rightly called it “my gospel” (Rom. 16:25, et al). It is our
Gospel too, and we should never apologize for proclaiming it
consistently.
Those who suppose that this means that we must keep harping
on one string, as it were, only betray their ignorance of the broad
scope * of this Great Body of Truth.
We shall never fully measure the breadth and length and depth
and height * of it (Eph. 3:18,19), but as we keep measuring we
come to experience more and more “the Love of Christ, Which
Passeth knowledge” (Eph. 3:19).
In II Corinthians 4:7 God calls it a “Treasure.” In Colossians 1:27
He says that He would have His saints know “the Riches of the
Glory” of it. In II Timothy 1:14 He calls it a “Precious Deposit,”
Committed to our trust...
"...The times have changed, to be sure, but not our Commission.
The Great Revelation of Grace first Committed to Paul, and then
to his associates, and then to other “faithful men,” is our Great
Commission still. It has never been superseded or annulled, and
it has certainly not yet been fulfilled.
If we fail to obey it, or if we neutralize or water it down to accom-
modate ourselves to the confusion of our times we are derelict in
our duty and will answer to God for it...
"
(CR Stam)
FULL study:
A Closing Appeal
Grace, Peace, And JOY!
* The Dimensions Of The Mystery
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