The Gospel (Ephesians 3:1-

Ephesians Chapter 1:1-12

We are spiritual blessed!

Chosen

Adopted

Forgiven

Redeemed

Grace

The mystery of his will revealed

Predestined

We are his inheritance

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Because we have believed the word of truth, the Gospel of our salvation:

We have been sealed by the Holy Spirit

The Promise

The guarantee

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Our prayer is that our eyes will be enlightened to know:

The hope of his calling and

To see that we are his glorious inheritance and

To understand the immeasurable greatness of His power

This power is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead and

seated Him in heavenly places and

Put all things under his feet and

Ephesians Chapter 2

Don’t forget we were dead in our sins! but

God who was rich in mercy!

We can not forget that we are one in Christ:

For by his death Christ demolished the Jew-Gentile and God-man barriers, and is now creating in relation to himself a single, new multi-cultural human society, which is both the family God loves and the temple he lives in.

Stott, J. R. W. (1979). God’s new society: the message of Ephesians (p. 114). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Ephesians 3:1 ESV

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Ephesians 3:1–3 ESV

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.

Ephesians 3:

For this reason!

I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jeus

Even though Paul was in a physical prison writing this letter, He was not a prisoner of his circumstance!

He was a prisoner of Christ!

On behalf of you Gentiles! Assignment… You have to know that you have an assignment.

Your assignment is not your gift! It’s people… A certain group of people.

Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you!

Grace for you assignment!

Goodwill

Strength and ability

The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.

Paul talked about this mystery in chapter 2

Ephesians 3:4–6 ESV

When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Ephesians 3:

Paul begins to talk about the mystery of Christ being revealed.

Which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

Jesus revealed was the radical nature of God’s plan, which was that the theocracy (the Jewish nation under God’s rule) would be terminated, and replaced by a new international community, the church

Jesus revealed was the radical nature of God’s plan, which was that the theocracy (the Jewish nation under God’s rule) would be terminated, and replaced by a new international community, the church.

This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

To sum up, we may say that ‘the mystery of Christ’ is the complete union of Jews and Gentiles with each other through the union of both with Christ. It is this double union, with Christ and with each other, which was the substance of the ‘mystery’.

Through the gospel

Ephesians chapter 2

Ephesians 3:7–9 ESV

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

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Ephesians 3:7–10 ESV

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Ephesians

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power!

He was only made a minister of this gospel (good news) because of God’s grace by the Holy Spirit.

The Message of Ephesians 1. The Divine Revelation to Paul, or the Mystery Made Known to Him (Verses 1–6)

To sum up, we may say that ‘the mystery of Christ’ is the complete union of Jews and Gentiles with each other through the union of both with Christ. It is this double union, with Christ and with each other, which was the substance of the ‘mystery’. God had revealed it specially to Paul, as he had written briefly (verse 3) in the previous chapter. But it had also been made known to God’s holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit (verse 5), and through them ‘to his saints’ (Col. 1:26). It was now therefore the common possession of the universal church.

It was a new revelation. For it was not made known … in other generations (verse 5) but was hidden for ages (verse 9). These statements have puzzled Bible readers because the Old Testament did reveal that God had a purpose for the Gentiles. It promised, for example, that all the families of the earth would be blessed through Abraham’s posterity; that the Messiah would receive the nations as his inheritance; that Israel would be given as a light to the nations; and that one day the nations would make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and even ‘flow to it’ like a mighty river. Jesus also spoke of the inclusion of the Gentiles and commissioned his followers to go and make them his disciples. But what neither the Old Testament nor Jesus revealed was the radical nature of God’s plan, which was that the theocracy (the Jewish nation under God’s rule) would be terminated, and replaced by a new international community, the church; that this church would be ‘the body of Christ’, organically united to him; and that Jews and Gentiles would be incorporated into Christ and his church on equal terms without any distinction. It was this complete union of Jews, Gentiles and Christ which was radically new, and which God revealed to Paul, overcoming his entrenched Jewish prejudice.9

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ

3rd mention of Grace

Ephesians 3:10–13 ESV

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.