Ephesians 3:1-13

Welcome to episode 177 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Ephesians, covering chapter 3:1-13.  Today, we will cover: 

• The Revelation of the Mystery to Paul (3:1–7) 
• The Nature of Paul’s Stewardship of the Mystery (3:8–12) 
• Paul’s Concern for the Readers (3:13) 

Key takeaways: 

• There is a divine plan, and Paul has been selected to be an administrator of it.  At the center of this plan is God’s intent to create a special household of people who actually form a home that He indwells—a corporate body of both Jews and Greeks, whom He has redeemed with his own blood. 
• There was no generation among God’s people who could have anticipated the full extent of what God would accomplish through His Messiah. 
• At the heart of the mystery God has revealed is the fact that Gentiles now share equally with Jews in the blessings of the new covenant life with God.   
• Christ has broken down that wall, making one new people out of two previously divided people. So now both Jew and Gentile approach God equally on that new basis. 
• The revelation of God’s wisdom to the powers in the heavenly places happens through the church. 
• The Church is not an option for believers, nor is supporting it an option. 

Quotable: 

• God is in control and is sovereignly and powerfully fulfilling His plan of redemption just as He intended it from the beginning. 

Application: 

• Because of His kindness, love, and mercy coupled with the reconciliation that has taken place by the blood of Jesus Christ, believers can experience a closeness to God. 
• As part of this relationship, God’s people need feel no restraint in approaching God in prayer or worship. They can pray at any time with no fear of being turned away because of ritual impurity or some form of unworthiness. 
• Because of what Christ has accomplished, they can approach God with full confidence 
• The Church exists as a multiracial and multicultural community. No ethnicity is disadvantaged in the body of Christ. No one, whatever that person’s background might be, is barred from membership and participation in this new community. 

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