Ephesians 3:1-11

(Ephesians 3:1-11)

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,  If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,  According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:


What Jesus said when he came to this world is not about the world, but about the kingdom of God. However, most people in the church think of much of the world as a thing. 『For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 』. Here, the word “for this reason” has led the Gentiles to preach the Gospel, which leads to what Jesus Christ does. In the early church days, the Gentiles heard the Gospel, which was not only understood, but was not intended to be heard. So, God chose Paul and used Paul for evangelism of the nations. Paul had long explained to the Gentiles in chapters 1-2 that they had become God's chosen people. The Gentiles were originally aliens to God, but now the difference has disappeared because Jesus Christ fulfilled the law that distinguishes Jews from Gentiles.

The Apostle Paul suffered to share the Gospel with the Gentiles. He was also jailed, beaten, and mocked. In Ephesians 6:20『For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 』.

『 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 』 The people of Ephesus believed that God had given them favor. Grace is a secret hidden from the world. Grace is the grace that God saves those who are in Christ through the ransom of Jesus Christ. Grace means God's plan and plan of salvation from God's standpoint. That is why the Apostle Paul should be well understood by writing to the Ephesians: 『Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ]

The evangelism of the Gentiles is a story in which the people of the world are saved. This is what God promised Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3.『 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 』 God also spoke many times that the Gentiles would be saved through the prophets. In Isaiah 49:6 『And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 』

At the time of the early church, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples to help salvation to the Gentiles, but Paul explains that the salvation of the Gentiles is accomplished through evangelism afterwards. body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 』. The word together means that all the people of the world hear the gospel and be saved. This is the secret (grace) before the creation.

When the Gospel is delivered to the Gentiles, the people of the world understand the salvation plan before God's creation. Because God's plan of salvation is for all human beings. All human beings in this world are trapped in darkness. In the kingdom of God, the spirits that were in Christ follow Satan's delusion, the false delusion that they can become like God, and God has locked them in the material world. So, all humans became sinners to the dead God. But God decided to send his son to the world to save the dead spirit. All who enter into Christ will be saved. To enter into Christ is that the greed that is hidden within the human being dies on the cross with Jesus.

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