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Ephesians 3 · BSB
3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
3:2 Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
3:3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
3:4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
3:5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
3:7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
3:8 Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
3:9 and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
3:10 His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
3:11 according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3:12 In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
3:13 So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
3:14 ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
3:16 I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
3:19 of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
3:20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
3:21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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…God's word? Well, first, we shouldn't take this for granted. There are so many times that people ask, Lord, I need wisdom. Well, check this out. InEphesians chapter 3, verse 10, it says, the manifold of wisdom of God has been revealed to the church. So if we are if we are desiring wisdom, but yet we don't want to be around…
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…we're so dependent on grace for forgiveness. You're dependent on God's grace in your life for every single thing. Paul makes this wild statement inEphesians chapter 3, verse 8. This grace was given me to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ. In other words, God and his favor upon you and me, if we're…
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…is eternal. This goes in 2 different directions. The New Testament says that the church was in the mind of God before the creation of the world. InEphesians 3:9-11, Paul actually says the church is a part of the eternal purpose of God, which he purposed in Christ Jesus. That means before Genesis chapter 1, or…
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…be able to pray and ask. That's why God challenges us to think bigger and dream greater and risk more in faith than we could ever possibly imagine.Ephesians 3, verse 20challenges us here on this first day of this brand new church, challenges us with a vision expanding fact. Here's what Ephesians 3, 20 says. God,…
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…to understand them. So I'm gonna give you a few tips real quick to understanding the enemy's schemes. Let's go back to the beginning. All right, inEphesians chapter 3, verse 1, we see the very first attack of the enemy, of Satan against humanity. And I want us to read this together because this is how the enemy first…
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…Testament didn't know the plan like we do. We're looking back because the plan, God's big plan, was revealed at Christmas. And what's that plan?Ephesians chapter 3, verses 9 to 11. And it says this. God's secret plan has now been revealed to us. And it is a plan centered on Christ alone. designed long ago according to his…
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…JUST PRAYED, THAT WE'RE BEING BROUGHT OUT SO THAT WE CAN BE BROUGHT INTO A NEW SEASON OF BLESSING OVERFLOWING. THAT, LORD, YOU'RE SPOILING US.EPHESIANS 3:20, EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL WE COULD ASK OR THINK. BUT LORD, WE'VE GOT SPOILS OF WAR. WE'VE GOT SPOILS THAT ARE COMING TO US. AND SO, LORD,…
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…open it up. And if you don't need, if you don't have a Bible, we have some on the table in the back that we would love for you to take with you. SoEphesians chapter 3, verse 20says this. Let's pause there and let me ask you a question. What would you have to see to conclude that God has done something powerful? Think…
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…THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM. LORD, THEY DESERVE TO BE LAVISHED WITH YOUR LOVE, NOT JUST WITH THE SPOILS FROM THE BATTLES, BUT LORD, SPOILED BY YOU.EPHESIANS 3:20, I HOLD YOU TO THE HONOR OF THAT, THAT YOU DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK. AND SO GRACIOUS GOD, THEY'RE…
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…then you don't have the Holy Spirit. That's what they say to you, and so and so they didn't know that it was just different English, that's all.Ephesians chapter 3, verse 20. Alright? It says this now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in…
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…WE WILL SURELY CLEARLY SEE THAT NOT ONLY HAVE WE RECEIVED JUST RESTITUTION AND REWARD, BUT WE WILL SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN SPOILED BY YOU, OUR GOD.EPHESIANS 3:20, WHO HAS DONE EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK. SO LORD, I PRAY THIS BEFORE YOUR HONOR, YOUR FACE, YOUR THRONE, AND I…
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…who teaches you, guides you, comforts you, who helps you. But this is what Paul, or one other thing, maybe lastly, of what this fullness means. InEphesians 3, verse 19, Paul uses this exact same language. He says, so that you may be filled with the fullness of God. Well, Paul, what does it mean to be filled with…
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…the most exciting and important things that you and I can be part of. I'm going to camp in two portions of scripture. I'm going to read for you nowEphesians chapter 3, verse 7 through 10. But then I'm going to go back to Acts 2, where I started, and we're going to pick out things that the early church did to see what kind of church…
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…of God. If you go back to chapter 2 and verse 7, these, the mysteries are the once, that once hidden message that other writers, Romans 16:25,Ephesians 3:1and following. What's the mystery? What is the mystery the New Testament talks about? The gospel is for all. Now that doesn't sound like some big…
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…and countries, there's better organized, they're more productive. Some of them, not all of them. But what's so special about church? Yet inEphesians 3, verse 10, it says this, Through the church, the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.…
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…in the third heaven. Yes, they do. If you don't know this, you need to be edified. You're not currently edified. The next chapter in verse 10. SoEphesians chapter 3, verse 10. To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church. Okay, you need to figure out what's being said here. Those…
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…of Christ on display. So what does this mean for how we think about the church? I'm going to read one more verse from Ephesians, this time fromEphesians chapter 3 verse 10. Listen to what this is saying about the church. This is the intent of God. His intent was that now through the church, through the church, the…
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…before we ever told it to them. They know. And that carries with us as adults, too. The question is, is do we trust in God to take care of that? InEphesians 3, verse 20, Paul writes to the church in Ephesus and says, Now, all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power, to work within us, to accomplish…
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…that God knows the whole situation, and that ought to give us reassurance. And then you come to his ever-powerful being that he is, omnipotent.Ephesians 3:20says, to him who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than I could ever dream or imagine. That has been my favorite verse for 40 years of…
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…could read it. This is fundamental and foundational. In passages like Isaiah 34:16, the prophet says, seek ye out of the book of the Lord and read.Ephesians 3:4, Paul says, I wrote these things down so that when you read, you might understand my knowledge and the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was…
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