The sermon explores the boundless riches of Christ's grace, available to all believers through His sacrifice, as demonstrated by the Church and its role in reconciliation and redemption.
Have you ever watched the Duck Tales cartoon? If you have, then you probably have the theme song running through your head at this very moment, and you’re thinking back to the intro video where the duck family goes swimming through the vault of gold coins amassed by patriarch, Scrooge McDuck. His fictional net worth is estimated to be in the trillions of dollars, and in a head to head fictional comparison, Scrooge is wealthier than Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne… All that to say…
When I think about the innumerable riches of God’s grace, which the book of Ephesians says He “lavished upon us,” I cannot help but think that God’s riches even eclipse the made up bank rolls of Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, and yes, Scrooge McDuck. Even our fictional characters don’t hold a candle compared to our God. His riches are inexhaustible.
And, as we’ll see today, in Ephesians 3:1-12, the mystery entrusted to the Apostle Paul was that God opened up the vault of His inexhaustible grace to all people - Jews AND Gentiles - the latter of which Paul was specifically called to and appointed to be the chief ambassador and missionary.
Let us open our hearts and minds today to the mind-blowing reality of Boundless Riches found IN and THROUGH Christ.
His riches are inexhaustible.
As we read, Paul refers to his calling as a steward of God's grace for the Gentiles. Despite his past as a persecutor of the Church, God revealed to him the mystery of Christ, a mystery hidden for ages but now disclosed. The apostle passionately embraced his mission to proclaim this mystery to the Gentiles — the message that through Christ, they are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise. Paul was not a prisoner of his past, but rather a participant in the life that God had called him to… Even in Paul, we see the riches of God’s grace at work. We see just what God can do, even with the worst of sinners.
The boundless riches of Christ are not exclusive to any particular group but are poured out to all who believe. Ephesians 1:7-8 says, "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us." Webster’s dictionary says to lavish is, to bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on. God didn’t hold back, he opened up the vault and shared the riches of his grace with all people.
This underscores the inclusivity of God's redemptive plan… As Revelation 7:9 says, "After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb ... View this full sermon with PRO Premium
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