so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Verse 7 gives us the reason for all of what has been said. God because of His mercy and love, saved us, made us alive, and seated us in heaven with Christ.

What is that reason? So that in the coming ages, God might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

He has done all that He has done to demonstrate the glory of His grace. He wants all the world to see what kind of God He is in His eagerness to pay for sin and forgive those who are in rebellion against Him. When we get to Ephesians 3:10 we find that this display will be made by the church. The recipients of this display of God’s grace will be not only to people, but to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. And this has been His plan for all eternity. It is basically the reason He created the world in the first place.

To put it simply, God’s plan was to display the glory of His grace, by forgiving and adopting people into His family as sons of God and joint-heirs with Christ. And don’t forget, grace means His doing this was totally unrelated to anything good we may have done, and indeed, in spite of our rebellion.

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