Gospel of the Glory

1 Tim. 1:11Eph. 1:13-14Eph. 6:18-19Those passages ... are written very near the end of the life of the Apostle, when he is in possession of a very full revelation which has been growing through the whole of his life as a servant of the Lord. To the initial vision there has been added revelation, an enlargement of spiritual knowledge - added, sometimes in especial ways and also in the normal course of his continuous walk with the Lord; and here he is writing when that revelation, so far as his earthly course is concerned, is practically full, and out of that these words occur - "e;the gospel of the glory of... God"e;; "e;the gospel of your salvation"e;; "e;the mystery of the gospel"e; ... the gospel of your salvation, and the mystery of the gospel. They are not the gospel divided into two. They are one gospel, and they are both gathered into that other fragment - "e;the gospel of the glory of... God"e;. What I desire to indicate is that the gospel is a much profounder thing than is generally recognised.