Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Ephesians Three









Eph 3:2  If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

If indeed you have heard of the management of the unlimited, boundless, and without strings attached, favor of God which has been given to me, and which will only be fully released when I am not self-focused but focused into ministering it into you. King Jose Version

The word management ( the management of God’s favor by following the blueprints created out of the revelation of rhema words).  Management is in the accusative case. Just as it sounds, the accusative Greek noun case talks about accusation or the pointing of a finger at something. In the Greek, the accusative case it where the finger is pointed.  Our management of God’s inheritance and graces is where God points His finger. He pints to us and says” you are my manager of that I want to give to humanity.” “ Manage it by revelation and the rhema word.

 For Paul, every believer is called to manage the graces and giftings of God according to schematic or blueprints which are revealed from moment to moment, as they step out in faith. Revealed blueprints are called the wisdom of God.  The more we step out in faith the more is the revelation of the managements which God gives to us to be release on behalf of others.

3  How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

That by the process of uncovering was progressively known to me the mystery as I wrote to you briefly. King Jose Version

The prayer of revelation or uncovering of God’s blueprints of how you manage His unlimited riches is the most important of all types of prayers. Generally this type of prayer comes through much listening, little talking and then implicitly obeying to the hilt that blueprint.

4  Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

With the purpose that when you read, you will be able to apprehend mentally by your reading, my understanding into the mystery of The Anointed. King Jose Version

Paul’s ultimate desire is to know the beauty of the Person of The Anointed (Christ Jesus), Himself, locked up in a mystery within Paul. Our management of the Person of the Anointed in us is the most important thing which we will ever do in this life.  Our understanding of that mystery is the most important thing that we can ever attain to.

5  Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Which in ages or generation which were of a different type or nature to the ones that we have today, the mystery of the Anointed was not progressively known to the sons of humanity, as it was fully revealed to and by His holy apostles and prophets in Spirit. King Jose Version

I am not sure all what this verse means; except that the generations that we are part of today have the luxury of entering into the fullness of the progressive revelation of the mystery, and our management in spirit of this mystery, mainly ,The One who lives through us as The Anointed.  A son is an heir. We need to be sure that we are continually receiving and inheriting. The whole Christian life is one of receiving.

6  That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

To be the nations, coinheritors and co receivers of God’s allotted inheritance, and of the same co body, and co havers of his promise in the Anointed by means of the gospel. King Jose Version

The believer is to become a receiver. We must learn to receive of the grace or favor of God which is unlimited and boundless. We limit His favor by the strongholds, imaginations and opposing knowledge which dwells in our unrenewed minds. We must renew our minds by spiritual transformation. The transformation which Paul talks about in Romans 12:2 in actuality, is metamorphosis. We must go through the process of metamorphosis until the old man is fully putt off from us and the new man Christ Jesus is fully put on.

The word partaker in verse 6 is the Greek words “ to be a haver with or one that has something” The believer must renew himself until he becomes one who has. Everything lies in receiving, having, and partaking of the inheritance of God which is boundless and unlimited.

7  Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Of which I became a minister in accordance to my spiritual gifts. My ministry is to dispense the unlimited, boundless, freely given, without strings attached, gift of the favor of God given to me by the energy of His ability. I minister this favor through my spiritual gifts. King Jose Version

We see the progression of Paul in these verses. The unlimited and boundless gifts of God ministered through us by spiritual gifts are all locked up in mysteries with us. The believer must have a progressive knowledge of the mysteries of God and release them through the managements which God give to him or her.  In reality, the Christian is the household manager of all of God’s graces and inheritance to humanity. This is the greatest and most important job in all humanity.