THE RICHES OF CHRIST

What is the glory of God? It is who God is. It is the essence of His nature; the weight of His importance; the radiance of His splendor; the demonstration of His power; the atmosphere of His presence. 

Rick Warren 

POWER TRUTH 

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[a] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 

Hebrews 1:3 NRSV 

THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST 

The riches of Christ are unfathomable. In Ephesians 3:8, Paul talked about preaching among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Unsearchable is anexichniastos, which pertains to something that cannot be searched out, something that cannot be comprehended, something which cannot be traced out. The Greek word pertains to something “inexhaustible,” “endless,” and “too great to fully understand.”¹

Sometimes, even believers do not have a clue as to the riches we have in Christ.  

The numbers are mind bending! In answer to the eternal question “Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?” I submit the following: Michael Jordan will make over $300,000 a game: $10,000 a minute, assuming he averages about 30 minutes per game. Assuming $40 million in endorsements next year, he’ll be making $178,100 a day (working or not)! Assuming he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head. If he goes to see a movie, it’ll cost him $7.00, but he’ll make $18,550 while he’s there. If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he’ll make $618 while boiling it. He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second. He’ll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf but will be ‘reimbursed’ $33,390 for that round. If you were given a tenth of a penny for every dollar he made, you’d be living comfortably at $65,000 a year. He’ll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in the Olympics. He’ll make about $15,600 while the Boston Marathon is being run. While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he’ll pull in about $5600. Next year, he’ll make more than twice as much as all of our past presidents for all of their terms combined.  

Amazing isn’t it? BUT: JORDAN WILL HAVE TO SAVE 100% OF HIS INCOME FOR 270 YEARS TO HAVE A NET WORTH EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF BILL GATES. NERDS RULE! NERDS RULE! NERDS RULE!  

And yet Bill Gates’ wealth is nothing compared to the riches of Christ.2

 We can never wrap our minds around the glory of God. We can never have a concrete idea for what it is. The glory of God will remain abstract and unfathomable, even if we are able to witness glimpses of it on this side of heaven. 

Source:

1 “Ephesians 3:8-13.”

Calvaryfullerton.org, (March 2006), http://www.calvaryfullerton.org/Bstudy/49%20Eph/2005/49Eph03b.htm (accessed January 13, 2018).

2 Ibid

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