The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

In Ephesians 3:8 Paul says, “To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel.”

The precious stones are not only produced by the transforming work of the Lord the Spirit but also constituted with the unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph. 3:8). We have seen that grace is just Christ, the embodiment of Christ….The more we experience Christ and gain Christ, the more we participate in the divine element of Christ, and the more we become constituents of the New Jerusalem to be built up together with all the God-chosen and transformed people, that we could be the holy city, God’s eternal dwelling.*

Philippians 3:7-9 records Paul counting all things as loss in order to gain Christ. New Jerusalem is constituted with the Triune God Himself and with the Triune God imparted into us; this is seen in the three precious materials of the city.

The more we gain Christ, the more we partake of His unsearchable riches. This includes “the riches of His grace” (Eph. 2:7) and “the riches of His glory” (Rom. 9:23) and glory certainly points to New Jerusalem. These riches are unsearchable; there is always more beyond whatever we have gained.

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ and New Jerusalem

* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 260, p. 2718, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.

Bible verses quoted in these posts are from The Holy Bible, Recovery Version, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA, 2003. The text of this Bible is at text.recoveryversion.bible; this too is © by LSM. A New Testament of this Bible, with outlines, 9000 footnotes, and 13,000 cross references, is available in multiple languages for free from Bibles for America, Bibles for Canada, Bibles for Europe.

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Posted by Don on January 1, 2025

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