Exceeding Riches of Grace

Good morning, dearly beloved of God. You are certainly highly favored today.

Ephesians 2:7 AV
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

It will take our Father “the ages to come” – eternity – to completely demonstrate the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness to us through Christ Jesus.

In the expression “The exceeding riches of His grace”, “exceeding” is the word huperballo. It means “to throw or cast over or beyond, (i.e. beyond a certain limit.) Also, to throw beyond or farther than another, to surpass in throwing, hence generally, to surpass, excel, exceed.”

There simply are no human words capable of completely describing the vast riches of His grace. Today these riches are beyond the boundaries of our limited understanding. What do we know of the riches of His grace?

Ephesians 1:7 AV
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

The book of Ephesians mentions grace twelve times. Grace is God’s undeserved, Divine favor towards man. God’s grace towards us is free. Our sins do not hinder God’s offer of it, nor is it contingent upon our works. It is ours solely because God desired to make it available to us by the work of Jesus Christ.
Our redemption and forgiveness of sins is ours exclusively by “the riches of his grace”. God freely gave it to us in Christ.

Ephesians 2:5 AV
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Ephesians 2:7 AV
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8 and 9 AV
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

How could God communicate it any plainer? How did God forgive us our sins? How did God redeem us? When we were dead in sins, how did He make us alive? How did He save us? The answer to these questions is “in Christ”, and what he achieved is ours solely by the grace of God.

Salvation is the gift of God so that no one can boast that it came through their own work.

Ephesians 3:2 AV
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you–ward:

It should be patently obvious as to why God calls this period “the dispensation [or administration] of the grace of God”. What do we have from God that we did not receive by His grace? The answer is a resounding, “Nothing!”

Colossians 1:26 and 27 AV
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

“The exceeding riches of His grace” connected with the mystery of Christ will end in “the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory”. These riches are exceeding abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think. We will not be disappointed in our expectation of hope in Christ.

The realities that God is revealing to us in His Word are a foregone conclusion. We should be confident that God will perform His Word concerning our hope, the same as He did when He brought Christ the first time, and that He raised him from the dead. The certainty of Christ’s return for the Church is as certain as the fact that you are now reading these words. He is coming!

Ephesians 2:7 AV
That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

I have no idea just how magnificent eternity will be, but I do know that our Father reveals that it will take Him the entire period to demonstrate all of His kindness to us in Christ.

It is not only the extraordinary amount of blessing, or the extent of time that it will take Him to demonstrate every spiritual blessing to us that is conspicuous here, but the Father’s disposition toward us is also conspicuous. These exceeding riches of grace will come from a loving Father with an intense desire to demonstrate His kindness to His beloved children.

All we know about eternity is the opening event and yet how incredible it is! It is breathtaking. Such joy unspeakable is ours by the grace of our Heavenly Father. Dearly beloved, what more can we say than, “Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ”!