Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Phillips, Craig, and Dean singing … Your Grace Still Amazes Me … poignantly singing of the mystery of God’s grace and love offered to all who surrender to His salvation.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 3:1-2, … 6 [NLT] … 1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, … 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, …
... It was God’s plan thru all time that ANYONE who would believe on Christ as Lord, Gentiles and Jews alike, would receive salvation thru the Good News of Jesus, the Messiah and Lord.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 3:1-12 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Paul, writing to Christian Gentiles expresses his continual amazement of the calling given to him to share the mystery of the Gospel with Gentiles as well as Jews.
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Reference Passage : … Genesis 1:27-28 [NLT] … 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [b]moves on the earth.”
… It was God’s plan all along to bless mankind with His salvation and the blessings of His creation.
Reference Passage : … Micah 4:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… From the Prophets of old, like Micah, it was prophesied that many nations (both Gentiles and Jews) would come to be saved by the one true God.
Reference Passage : … John 3:16 [NLT] … 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
… It was really never a mystery that God would save more than the Jew; but mankind couldn’t see God’s plan of love unfold until Jesus came to show the amazing grace of His love for ALL.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Dave Branon, uses a cute personal story about shoes to illustrate how God’s Gospel plan of salvation for all mankind was a mystery for such a long time in history. The ODB author writes … When I came home from work one day and saw a pair of lady’s high-heel shoes next to the driveway [see photo], I was sure I knew whose they were. So I put them in the garage to give to my daughter Lisa when she returned to the house to pick up her children. But when I checked with Lisa, I found they didn’t belong to her. In fact, no one in our family claimed them, so I put them back where I’d found them. The next day, they were gone. … So mysterious!!
For such a long time in history the Jews thought of themselves as the exclusive chosen few who would receive God’s salvation thru a Messiah; and when He came, born as a baby and dying on a cross, they could not fathom the mystery of His Gospel, which came to save all mankind. But even their own prophets (like in Micah 4:1-3) had prophesied that a Messiah would come to save many nations, not just the Jews.
And Paul opened up this mystery of God’s plan of salvation to the Gentiles … and he, … Paul, … was always in awe (see highlight passage) of the fact that he had been chosen by God to open up the mystery of God’s plan for the salvation of all mankind thru Jesus, the Messiah, Who had come to save ANYONE (see John 3:16) who would believe on this Jesus as Lord.
I so pray that all who read here know, … beyond any mystery, … that Jesus is our Messiah, our Lord, and the One who saves us all from our sins. And if you read this and know that, … can I get a resounding HALLELUJAH!!!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for being our Savior and saving ME!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that those who’re reading here are of those who believe in and follow You as LORD and Savior. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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