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Eph 3:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8Unto 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;
The False teachers and their followers have turned the Grace of God into lasciviousness in their corrupt teachings of it.
For Gods Grace is never said to be offered to all men individually and then left up to them on whether or not they accept it unto the saving of their souls..thats insanity, neither is grace any where taught to be common..as to imply its not from Jesus Christ, the head of the church..Jn 1:
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
And as such Paul says that He was given grace..because Paul was a member of the body of the Head, Jesus Christ, who was full of grace and truth..
Now Paul's conversion was given to us as an example as to How God converts His chosen into believers 1 tim 1:
15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Paul's witness is that, He is proof that Christ came into the world to save sinners, of which He was chief [ for He is not boasting about His office as an apostle] but that He too was a sinner like anyone else who would be saved by grace..
And God used Him to be a pattern of display..the word pattern in the greek is:
hypotyp?sis:
which means:
an outline, sketch, brief and summary exposition
2) an example, pattern
God by providing the sacred record of Paul's conversion acts 9, was actually giving a exposition, an example, of what salvation by grace through faith was all about, and that it was a gift of God, and that this same course of action by God is the same toward all who shall believe on Christ unto everlasting life [ jn 3:16]
eph 3:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Grace is a spiritual gift of God..[ rom 5:15]
This indicates therefore vs 7 that all the elect will receive as Paul did the same effectual working of Gods grace in them, to set them apart for Christian service and the accomplishment of Gods eternal purpose [ see eph 2:8-10]
This is liken to all the members of the body receiving of the same life blood line [ jn 1:16] however small or insignificant the member may be. However the enablement of each member may differ [ are all apostles] i.e the enablement of the arm is greater than that of baby toe, though both are important, or the baby toe and the eye..but nevertheless, the head of the body supply's the needful grace to each bodily member to carry out its God ordained function..so all members receive grace given as Paul did, but the function in the body may not be the same as Paul's was..
But Jesus cares for all of his body members [ even while they are dead in sin] the same eph 5:
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body.
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh[ body]; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
And it is for this cause, Grace is given..not offered, not made available for the taking..but given by the head to His own body..
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8Unto 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;
The False teachers and their followers have turned the Grace of God into lasciviousness in their corrupt teachings of it.
For Gods Grace is never said to be offered to all men individually and then left up to them on whether or not they accept it unto the saving of their souls..thats insanity, neither is grace any where taught to be common..as to imply its not from Jesus Christ, the head of the church..Jn 1:
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
And as such Paul says that He was given grace..because Paul was a member of the body of the Head, Jesus Christ, who was full of grace and truth..
Now Paul's conversion was given to us as an example as to How God converts His chosen into believers 1 tim 1:
15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Paul's witness is that, He is proof that Christ came into the world to save sinners, of which He was chief [ for He is not boasting about His office as an apostle] but that He too was a sinner like anyone else who would be saved by grace..
And God used Him to be a pattern of display..the word pattern in the greek is:
hypotyp?sis:
which means:
an outline, sketch, brief and summary exposition
2) an example, pattern
God by providing the sacred record of Paul's conversion acts 9, was actually giving a exposition, an example, of what salvation by grace through faith was all about, and that it was a gift of God, and that this same course of action by God is the same toward all who shall believe on Christ unto everlasting life [ jn 3:16]
eph 3:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Grace is a spiritual gift of God..[ rom 5:15]
This indicates therefore vs 7 that all the elect will receive as Paul did the same effectual working of Gods grace in them, to set them apart for Christian service and the accomplishment of Gods eternal purpose [ see eph 2:8-10]
This is liken to all the members of the body receiving of the same life blood line [ jn 1:16] however small or insignificant the member may be. However the enablement of each member may differ [ are all apostles] i.e the enablement of the arm is greater than that of baby toe, though both are important, or the baby toe and the eye..but nevertheless, the head of the body supply's the needful grace to each bodily member to carry out its God ordained function..so all members receive grace given as Paul did, but the function in the body may not be the same as Paul's was..
But Jesus cares for all of his body members [ even while they are dead in sin] the same eph 5:
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body.
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh[ body]; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
And it is for this cause, Grace is given..not offered, not made available for the taking..but given by the head to His own body..
