FOR SUNDAY 5 : ROSETTA STONE

[cimi]

October 5
Sunday


ROSETTA STONE

READ:
Ephesians 3:1-7
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The mystery of Christ,
which in other ages was
not made known to the
sons of men,... has
now been revealed by
the Spirit.
__Ehesians 3:4-5
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For centuries, the hieroglyphic word pictures painted on Egyptian ruins were a mystery. Then in 1799 a French archaeological expedition at the Egyptian harbor of Rosetta discovered an ancient stone. It weighed 1,676 pounds and reflected beautiful dark gray, blue, and pink hues. But that is not what made it valuable.

The stone was inscribed with an identical message in different ancient scripts. Among them were hieroglyphics and classical Greek. using Greek to translate, scholars soon understood the meaning of the hieroglyhics. They were no longer a mystery.

The Bible has also contained an ancient mystery. For centuries, it seemed as if God's purposes were limited to the Jews. Yet with the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth, the promise to Abraham to bless the whole world came to light (Gen. 12:1-3). Paul worte: "The mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known... has now been revealed by the Spirit" (Eph. 3:4-5). God provides salvation to all people who repent and believe in His Son (Gal. 3:8-9-9-28).

The revelation of the New Testament describes a glorious future when people from every ethnic group, nation, and language will share in the inheritacne of the children of God (Rev. 5-9). __Dennis Fisher
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```````````````````````O glorious mystery jof love,```````````````
`````````````````````````That I, a child of earth,`````````````````
```````````````````May dwell by faith with christ above,````````````
```````````````The Lamb of matchless worth! __Christiansen````````
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The Christian's inheritance is guaranteed forever!

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Ephesians 3:1-7*********

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, 3 how that by
revelation He made known
to me the mystery (as I have
briefly written already, 4 by
which, when you read, you
may understand my
knowledge in the mystery of
Christ), 5 which in other
ages was not made known to
the sons of men, as it has
now been revealed by the
Spirit to His holy apostles
and prophets: 6 that the
Gentiles should be fellow
heirs, of the same body, and
partakers of His promise in
Christ through the gospel,

7 of which I became a
minister according to the
gift of the grace of God
given to me by the effective
working of His power.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Notice that Paul refers to himself as "the prisoner of Christ Jesus"
(v.1). He had been imprisoned as a result of appealing to Caesar
(Acts 25:10-11) for a hearing following a riot in Jerusalem, in
which he had been wrongly blamed for inciting the unrest. Now,
imprisoned in Rome, he does not view himself as a prisoner of
Rome, nor does he see his circumstances as the result of hateful
men (the religious leaders of Israel). Rather, Paul chooses to
concentrate on the hand of Christ in his circumstances__even in this
time of unjust imprisonment. __Bill Crowder

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What a gift!! GRACE

Thanks cimi.

And......... Thank You Lord!


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