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Infinitely Searchable Riches of Christ

I the least of all the saints, this grace was given, to proclaim the good news to the Gentiles the "infinitely searchable" riches of Christ and enlighten to all what is the dispensation of the mystery, that hidden for ages in God, the one creating all. (Ephesians 3:8-9) This word "infinitely searchable" how do we translate it? The Greek word is ἀνεξιχνίαστος ( anexichniastos ) and is usually defined as incomprehensible, unsearchable, inscrutable. Surely the meaning of incomprehensible as " impossible to comprehend; unintelligible, unable to be understood or comprehend" and the meaning of unsearchable as "not capable of being searched or explored" would apply to unbelievers who are blinded so as not to see the Light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.(2 Corinthians 4:4) But not to believers. Paul says grace was given to him so to proclaim  the good news of the inscrutable or "infinitely searchable" riches of Christ. the   inscrutable ...

Paul found Grace

"... through the gospel of which I became administrator according to the gift of God’s grace , having been given me according to working of his power . To me, the very least of all the saints, was given Grace , to preach to the Gentiles, the  surpassing riches of Christ ," 1 Saul, before God changed him, was a Pharisee of Pharisees, from the lineage of with degrees no less, a teacher of the Law. But Saul became Paul on the road to Damascus, he met Jesus. Paul found Grace. He writes he was given this Grace for a purpose, to  preach the unsearchable riches of Christ. Now, he had been walking dead in sin, " b ut God, being rich in mercy , because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved ..." Paul was " given Grace , to preach to the Gentiles, the surpassing  riches of Christ,"  This word for preach euaggelizó (from eú, "good, well"...