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Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Divine Plan: Ephesians

Ephesians 3:8-11 Just think! I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the most useless Christian there is , yet I was the one chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles the Glad News of the endless treasures available to them in Christ; and to explain to everyone that God is the Savior of the Gentiles too, just as he who made all things had secretly planned from the very beginning.
And his reason? To show to all the rulers in heaven how perfectly wise he is when all of his family-Jews and Gentiles alike-are seen to be joined together in his church, in just the way he had always planned it through Jesus Christ our Lord.

I have just finished reading the entire letter of Paul to the Ephesians. If you want to know how to get through today's times, read Ephesians. The letter touch on every scenario that we are experiencing today. It lays out God's plan and "remind us" that the hard part is over with, all we have to do is to stay strong in our faith. I love this part-Ephesians 4:8-10: The Psalmist tells about this, for he says that when Christ returned triumphantly to heaven after his resurrection and victory over Satan, he gave generous gifts to men. Notice that it says "he returned" to heaven. this means that he had first come down from the heights of heaven, far down to the lowest parts of the earth. The same one who came down is the one who went back up, that he might fill all things everywhere with himself, from the very lowest to the very highest.

There is no gaps that Jesus Christ himself did not filled. We may be advancing in technology, building new structures, even scattering ourselves to outer space, but all is under the throne of God. Therefore, since Satan was not able to stop Jesus Christ, his list of "things to do" is to confuse us and pull us into total chaos. Why? because what is done is done, there is no turning back. It's this simple, Jesus Christ has fulfilled God's plan, now he is patiently waiting to ensure that we all gain faith and hold onto that faith, that will lead us to everlasting life. The world is not changing, it's the same world that Adam and Eve first encounter. The universe is not going to get wider, we are not going to be able to click on a space and drag it to where we think is the right fit. It's our faith that needs to expand, to the depths of the everlasting life of Jesus Christ.

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