Skirting The Edge But Never

Skirting the Edge But Never...

To the praise of the glory of His of grace.

"He... GAVE gifts TO men" (Ephesians 4:7-16). That He might RECEIVE (acceptable) gifts FROM men" (Psalms 68:18).

I love how Paul, in his Spirit inspired letter to the church at Ephesus, gave commentary on "the how" of Psalm 68:18. As mentioned above, Psalms 68:18 prophetically reveals that Jesus would ascend to heaven and receive gifts from men.

So, how would Jesus "receive acceptable gifts FROM men?"
Paul gives insight and illuminates for us that He would have to first sacrificially descend and graciously give gifts of TO men, that those He called, redeemed and gifted could faithfully return, unto Him, what He equipped them to do.
What does this all mean? Jesus would graciously equip the equippers with a gift — that the equippers could gift the servers — so the servers could gift the body — that the body could gift each part of the body, with the rich gifts of His grace, truth and love — so each part in the body could fulfill the mission of the body.

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