Daily Devotional 28-8-2021
Eph 3:8-9 This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ, (9) and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things. Two infinitives state Paul’s functioning in this ministry. First, he was to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Second, he was to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery. Though Paul ministered to both Jews and Gentiles, he was especially designated as the apostle “to the Gentiles”. The Gentiles can know something of the riches of Christ’s. Yet Christ’s fathomless spiritual wealth can never be fully comprehended. Paul was to disclose publicly to everyone, not just the Ephesians this stewardship of God’s sacred secret. This secret had been hidden in God, the Creator of the universe. Even before creating all things…