Ephesians 1:7-12 The Riches of His Grace CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO
God’s grace is rich because Christ gave us all He has and He has everything, II Cor 8:9. We become rich through His poverty. So His grace covers everything – our salvation, our needs, our infirmities, our sorrows – everything. Here, Paul is very specific about some of the riches of his grace:
The riches of his:
- Redemption (v. 7)
- Gal 3:13
- Titus 2:14
- Blood (v. 7)
- Acts20:28
- Heb 9:14
- Removed in Col 1:14, Modern bibles
- Forgiveness (v. 7)
- At salvation, Col 2:13
- At fellowship, I Jn 1:7-9
- Wisdom (v.8)
- Prov 4:7/ Jas 1:5
- Prov 3:13-15, richer than
- Prudence (v.8)
- Prov 22:3
- “Wisdom shown in the exercise of reason, forethought, and self-control”
- A prudent man forseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished
- Will (v. 9)
- Rom 12:1-2
- A mystery made known
- Rev 10:7
- Good pleasure,Rev 4:11
- Gather together in one all things (v. 10), Eph1:20-23
- Inheritance (v. 11)
- Rom 8:17
- Crowns, Pounds, Cities
- Glory (v. 12)
- Phil 3:21, glorious body
- Glory to God
- Men get peace, Lk 2:14
- Salvation and protection from bad sin, Rom 1:21