Jul 20, 2018
Paul wrote this letter while a prisoner in Rome, and he was unashamed to admit that his imprisonment was due to his sharing of the Gospel. He had been faithful to the commission Jesus had given to him, and had taken the good news regarding salvation to the Gentiles. And he makes it clear that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. No one saw it coming. The ancient prophets had predicted it, but had failed to recognize the significance of their own Spirit-inspired words. God had done something remarkable and totally unexpected. He had opened up the door to the Gentiles, allowing them to become part of His family. And in Ephesians 3:1-13, Paul lets the Ephesian believers know that he had been given the privilege and responsibility of sharing the unsearchable riches of Christ to the Gentile world. Their salvation had been God’s doing. It had all been part of His divine plan, from the very beginning. And the church, made up of believers from all walks of life, every nationality and despite language and cultural barriers, was to be an example of God’s manifold wisdom.