Worship for Today: Paul reveals a mystery from God!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 3:6,

 

"This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus."

 

Paul was the bearer of a mystery God had given him. He tells us that this mystery was hidden in the past. None of the prophets of old had known of this mystery. The patriarchs, Moses, David, Solomon were not aware of this mystery. It "was not known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit", 3:5. Paul tells us that now God has revealed this mystery to his "holy apostles and prophets", men of his day.

 

This mystery is that believing Gentiles would become heirs together with believing Jews in a new body, the church! As members of this new entity, both Gentiles and Jews would become heirs of God, co-heirs with Jesus Christ (see Romans 8:17). As Paul spoke at the beginning of this letter, 1:5, of the wonderful blessings we have in Jesus Christ as believers, he points out that God decided beforehand to adopt us as his children. This makes us heirs of God and co-heirs with his Son, Jesus Christ.

 

This mystery should be breath-taking for any believer to read of it! Far better than anything anyone could accomplish or attain in this world is the standing of being an heir of God for an eternity! Better than landing that hard, sought-after job, better than winning the big lottery, better than finding that perfect mate, there is simply nothing in this life that can come close to the reality that believers become heirs of God in a new entity created for them - the church!

 

Here we find the "unsearchable riches of Christ", verse 8. It is here we find God doing "immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine"! Verse 20.

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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