Aim: To be good stewards of the treasures flowing from Christ's unsearchable riches.
Doctrine: Many divine ironies accompany Christ's unsearchable riches, like: we have to be destitute (in all other things), to enjoy them; and like: those who have the most (in Christ), are always given yet more.
Exegesis: God's peculiar handling of Christ's unsearchable riches: He assigns the least ones to proclaim the Redeemer's greatest treasures (v. 8); He makes everyone behold the Savior's hidden wealth (which the unregenerate cannot see) (v. 9a); He entrusts all His fortune to Jesus—though sinners do not believe this (v. 9b).
Further application: How churchmen are to manage Christ's unsearchable riches: first, give them all back to Jesus—in and by faith; then, freely use them—in gospel love.
Key verse: v. 8 ''To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.