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Ephesians 3:8 · BSB
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,
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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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…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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…place where his people are displaying his glory in fulfillment of these Old Testament prophets. So I want to end this point by just reading fromEphesians chapter 3 verses 7 through 12so you can hear how the Apostle Paul talks about this new people of God. He says this, of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift…
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…as the least of the apostles. He said that earlier in his walk. And then later in his walk, Paul's in his first imprisonment in Rome. And inEphesians 3:8, he refers to himself as the least of all the saints. So he he he originally, earlier in his walk, he's like, I'm the least of all the apostles.…
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…apostles, we think of the 12 and plus Paul. And so those who have spent time with the Lord Jesus, he says, I am the least of the apostles. Then inEphesians chapter 3, verse 8, he says that he is the very least of all the saints. The very least, not just of the apostles here, but of all the saints, of all believers. Paul…
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…this is of utmost importance, is we have to care about the wisdom of God being made known. This comes from a very important verse in the Bible inEphesians chapter 3, verses 8 through 11. Listen as I read this scripture. To me though, this is Paul, I am the very least of all the saints. This grace was given to preach to the Gentiles…
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…came about in creation. And so here's what's at stake. This is what's this is what's at play in this whole big operation that we call life. OK,Ephesians chapter 3, verses 8and 10, Paul said, me who am less than the least of all the Saints. This grace was given, remember, because Paul wanted to kill the Christians. And…
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…everything for. It's for him. Okay? Read a few other verses. Let's just not stick with one verse. There's more verses that communicate this.Ephesians 3, verses 7 through 12. I already read this but this is, actually, I'm not going to read the whole thing. We read this. It talks about the unsearchable riches of Christ.…
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…He speaks about three texts about how Paul describes himself. 1 Corinthians 15, 9, he says, I am the very least of all the saints. Then inEphesians 3, verse 8, he says, I am the foremost. I am the least of all the saints. I am the least of the apostles. It's the first one, sorry, in 1 Corinthians. I am…
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…Finally, we are talking about kingdom abundance. Tell your neighbor kingdom abundance. And it's just a verse that I want to bring to your attentionEphesians, chapter 3, verse 8. Paul is writing, talking about the riches of Christ. This is what he says. Although I am less than the least of all the Lord's people, this grace…
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…to be fully cognizant of the strengths that we have, the weapons that we have, which will ensure victory. It says back in verse 8, let's go there,Ephesians 3, verse 8. We'll get to 12 and 19 shortly. But now you yourselves, I used to think, and I still do that. It's poor, poor English when you go me personally,…
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…longer doing that. Yet still, he identifies himself with it, and says that he is the least among the apostles because of it. It's a similar idea inEphesians chapter 3, verse 8, where Paul talks about his ministry like this. He says, Although I am less than the least of all the Lord's people, this grace was given to me to…
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…first reason that God has given us His grace in Christ is that grace is given to proclaim the good news of Christ's unfathomable riches. Paul, inEphesians 3, verse 8, explained to the Ephesian congregation. To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given. To proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of…
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…he wrote 4 prison epistles. One of them is in the book of Ephesians around 61 to 62 AD, so a few years after Corinthians. Look what he says here inEphesians 3 verse 8. To me though, I am the very least of all, Not the apostles, but what the Saints highlight, that this grace was given to preach to the Gentiles the…
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…to the heavenly authorities that the greatest display of power and riches in the universe was motivated by the undeserved kindness of God. Paul inEphesians 3, verse 8-10taught, To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to preach to the Gentiles the what? The unfathomable riches of Christ and to…
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…is to glorify God to the praise of His glory. We look at Ephesians 1, it talks about the fact that we exist as a church to the praise of His glory.Ephesians 3, verse 8 to 11also talks about this idea that we're not going to do a deep dive here, but the church exists to glorify God. That's one. The second one is to…
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…him are all are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. God's riches are unsearchable. And all of God's riches are found in Jesus Christ.Ephesians chapter 3, verses 7 through 9says this, and I'll read it to you. And again, this is Paul writing. I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace that was given…
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…trivial, small of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, Paul says. Because I persecuted the church of God. I'm least and then he says inEphesians 3 verse 8, to me, though, I am the very least trivial, insignificant, small Of all the saints, of all the Christians, I am the least. And then he gets to…
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…something like this, that the character of God, the person of God, I feel it's beyond my pay grade. In other words, it's beyond my understanding.Ephesians 3 verse 8speaks about the inexhaustible riches of God, and there is something inexhaustible about trying to understand what the trinity of God is, God the…
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…in 1 Corinthians 15:9, he writes this, I am the least of the apostles, unworthy in fact to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church.Ephesians 3:8, 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. But Paul…
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