Thy mercy, my God, is the theme
of my song. Paul said he had been given the
privilege to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ. This literally
means that they are past numbering or finding out the bounds of
or so immense as to be inexhaustible. Men can be defined and known
and seen according to their own limitations and cannot in any
sense be said to be past finding out. However, that is not the
case according to Paul with the God of heaven. especially as
it has pleased Him to display the manifestation of His boundless
love for His elect bride. The riches of Christ are said
to be unsearchable, because, number one, God is not bounded
and has no limitations, alone, inhabiting eternity. He encompasses
all things, and nothing can intrude into that realm wherein He is
pleased to dwell alone, completely unknown, unseen, and unapproachable
by men. who is the blessed and only potentate,
the king of kings and lord of lords, who only hath immortality
dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no
man hath seen nor can see, to whom be honor and power everlasting.
Amen. Men take great delight in a God
whom they can know and control, especially one who will listen
to all of their cares and concerns and intervene in the random affairs
of the world when they desire for him to, especially when grandma
is sick or the financial distress looms on the horizon. Yet the
true God is not and cannot be influenced or in any wise changed
in His sovereign purpose by any activity of men nor angels. He
does according to His will in the army of heaven and among
the inhabitants of the earth. Though there are multitudes who
claim to believe the Bible, it is not such a common thing to
find folks who actually believe and worship the God who is described
in its pages. Number two, the riches of Christ
are said to be unsearchable because the blessings of the Lord's people
are in Christ alone. Jesus Christ, being the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, has been pleased to reveal himself to
his children, or else we could or should never have known him
at all. This is the stone which is set
at naught of you builders, which has become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved. It is of the mercy of God that
any man is ever drawn unto the Lord. Even when we were dead
in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. By grace you're
saved. This is one of those unsearchable
riches. For who maketh thee to differ
from another in what hast thou that thou didst not receive?
It is only the grace of God that makes one man an object of his
mercy, while another is appointed unto the wrath which he richly
deserves. His ways are indeed past finding
out. Because of their election in
Christ, those who are his own are made the recipients of all
of these boundless blessings which he has purchased for them
by his redemptive work in their behalf. And then the third reason
why the riches of Christ are said to be unsearchable is that
he has manifested himself to his children. He said, I am the
good shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine. The glory
of these unsearchable riches is that it has pleased the Lord
to reveal the boundless stores of His grace to His people. He
has sent forth the gospel into the world, in order that His
children might be able to rejoice in the riches that have been
given to them, who have saved us and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to His own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began. but is now made manifest by the
appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death,
and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
And finally, the riches of Christ are said to be unsearchable,
because the blessings of the Lord's people have been theirs
in Christ before the foundation of the world. Insofar as the
understanding of men is capable of conceiving, there has never
been a time when the children of God have not been hidden in
the bosom of Christ, and been the objects of His grace, mercy,
and affection. He has loved them with an everlasting
love, and has determined to show the riches of His grace upon
them in an open display to all of creation. He saved them for
His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.
His determination to manifest His love to them in delivering
them from the bondage of sin and darkness of nature's night
is no afterthought on His part, but is the very reason that He
created the world. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honor and power, for Thou hast created all things,
and for Thy pleasure they are and were created. Fear not, little
flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. The Father delights in His children and will withhold
nothing good from them. If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him? Is He your Savior? If you would like a free transcript
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