Then he is carried along from one truth to another until finally he gets back to what he started to say in the beginning. The mystery is speaking of the three heaven and earth ages which remain a mystery to most. The reference is one of those parenthetical remarks, which, to those remembering how St. Paul's Epistles were dictated, almost irresistibly suggest insertion on the reading over of the Epistle. Ephesians 3:9 Why are there so many family breakups? It is referring back to Eph ch 1 and Romans 8. When did it begin to open up? Website © 2021 by Ray Stedman Ministries. What is it? It is at the heart of all human existence. Ephesians 3:3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. We are being swamped by our own inventions. Now I am called by God to make known the fellowship of this mystery. The cocoon is the old creation, and in the midst of it the new is taking shape. As we will see, this is the greatest secret ever presented to the minds of men. Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. That is, great men of God in the Old Testament did not understand this mystery. 6This 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. How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words. Now, you can't wait till that time to get on the bandwagon; it has already started. The mystery that God hid from the Pats and the prophets and kept this secret to himself all this time. Eph 3:3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. Paul is concerned first about his role as a teacher of this mystery, and then about the mystery itself, about what it is he teaches. to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, Ephesians 3:10 The purpose of the mystery is that the church would declare it to demonic forces! Even physicists tell us that, hidden away in every physical manifestation of the world and universe around us, is mystery. If you fulfill the flesh, there is no way by which you can keep from living in disharmony with people around you. The Aramaic word so translated is raz which according to the Brown, Driver and Briggs Lexicon is a Persian loan word and is to be translated "secret." He would have preached to them and taught them directly from the Word, but never would have had time to write it down. We don't really know what it is. But never once does he say that he is a prisoner of Caesar; it is always "a prisoner of Christ Jesus." A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). Epistles: Ephesians 3:1-12 – The Divine Mystery in Christ. There is no way we can break through this law. But we know that one of these days, when the sun begins to shine, all these dead-looking cocoons will begin to break open, and there will emerge a beautiful creature, designed no longer for life on the lower level, crawling along over every obstacle, but able to rise above them, able to spread its wings and fly as an expression of beauty and joy throughout the world and nature. What is he talking about? Here Paul does something that he does frequently (and only the Apostle Paul does this) -- he coins words. This is particularly true of this passage, because Paul begins "For this reason ..." -- but he doesn't give the reason toward which he is moving until Verse 13! Think of this! This is the way the apostle's mind worked. All rights reserved. I don't know how you think of yourself, but I know that it helps greatly to personalize these great truths, to remember that this is where God wants the application finally to be made -- right home into your hearts, into your lives, into your families. You are no longer part of the old but part of that new program which, looking into the future, is waiting for the dawn of a new world, a new life, and a new day, when all God's people shall be one over all the earth, and no harm or heartache will occur in all the world. It is striking that nowhere does Paul ever refer to himself as a prisoner of Caesar. Did you ever wonder why caterpillars crawl on the ground? Those three ages or eons of time are mentioned in 2Peter ch 3 and are part of the key of David, or the key to understanding scripture. 3 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— 2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. He saw him as John did in the book of Revelation -- as sitting on his throne, holding the reins of government in his hands. A steward was a servant to whom a certain responsibility was committed, certain goods were given, that he might dispense them, might give them out to other people. They could not understand why the mighty apostle had to be a prisoner -- limited, unable to come to them in their need as a growing young church -- and why all communication with him had to be by correspondence. Then all hell broke loose again. This is what they never understood. Because when we are still living in the old creation those things are inevitable. And even then he had not fully revealed this mystery. Writing these letters is the greatest thing the apostle ever did, for it is these which have changed our lives. "Stop going on in the old way. The Mystery of His Will—Ephesians 1:9-10 Juli Camarin March 24, 2015 Ephesians 1. It may be compared with the other more solemn doxologies in the New Testament: as Romans 16:25; 1Timothy 5:15-16; Jude 1:24-25; Revelation 1:6. The apostle was concerned that the Christians to whom he was writing at this time in his life, the Ephesians, Philippians, and others, would understand why he was going through the struggles he was. What are the three aspects of the mystery as seen in verse 6? Would that we had the faith of this mighty apostle who understood so clearly that Caesar was not in control; Jesus is. .” Because God is teaching us things in nature, if we could only see. is being mysteriously worked out in time. This is “the fellowship of the mystery” referred to in Ephesians 3:9. From kata and hos; just as, that. There is a line of teaching called ultradispensationalism, in which certain teachers (who are genuine believers in Christ) teach that only the Apostle Paul knew this secret, that to him was given the privilege of unveiling it for the first time to human minds and hearts. Some feel that he had written another letter before this, which had explained much of this mystery. Why? But if we see it as a stewardship we will understand it. This mystery is made known to the rulers and authorities in the highest realms. And God understands this. This is what Christmas is all about. This secret was first mentioned in Genesis 3:15 and was gradually unfolded in all the Scriptures till in the dispensation of the mystery Christ is fully revealed as Head of the church. Paul knew, therefore, that anytime the Lord Jesus decided Paul's imprisonment would be of no further value, he would be set free, that when the Lord Jesus spoke, Caesar acted. Even terms we commonly use, such as love and joy and life itself, are basically mysterious to us. To do so, it will first provide a definition of the word, then highlight key insights from each occurrence. This is the great mystery. When they come to Christ, Jews and Gentiles together are joint heirs, joint members of one body, and joint partakers of the promise. It is not to be confused with the nation Israel—Israel and the Body of Christ will always remain separate entities. Amen. According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. We have access (cf. And we can live in that new creation right now. Sometimes it is difficult for those who do not read Greek to see how Paul builds his letters. Rather, it is something that is drastically and terribly and deeply wrong. For permission to use this content, please review Hence, God is here described as He "who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think," and to do all "by His power dwelling" and working in us. Acts 23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. Right in the midst of that cocoon something happens. This is the mystery, as Paul describes it to us, and as God wants us to understand it. But they didn't know what kind of life, what it would be like. RayStedman.org/permissions. One day there will be a reversal of the law of decay, and all things will begin to pick up energy again and be renewed, revitalized, in tremendously increasing degree. And he sums it up in these words: "the mystery of Christ" -- Jesus Christ, at the heart of all things. They died in hope, but that hope was not very well defined. The word here, in Ephesians 3, is not identical to the modern use of the word "mystery," which often means something that cannot be known at all. When Paul spoke to the Jewish mob in his own defense, after he was arrested in the temple courts, the thing which triggered their renewed ire was the word Gentile in his message. And there is much yet to be learned, even in this realm. In Colossians Paul puts it this way: "Christ in you, the hope of glory," (Colossians 1:27b). But inside that cocoon, God is working a metamorphosis; a transformation is taking place. Ep). We can learn how to handle our environment, even, on the basis of this new creation yet today. It is made known through the people God has called out. Solutions are coming into being as we grasp what Christ has made available to us. It is not new to us -- we have been discussing and discovering aspects of it all along in this letter. Ephesians 3:9 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: Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (Ephesians 3:4-6 RSV). Rather, break loose and be free in Jesus Christ.". This is exactly in line with what he had written to the Corinthians much earlier. The first is that he was a prisoner on behalf of the Gentiles. And he recognizes that they were written on behalf of the Gentiles. Each has its distinctive character. "You have broken with all that. Christians have the answer to the ecological crisis. Ephesians 3:12. in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. When you do, you will understand the practical import of this fantastic mystery which is at the heart of all life, and which God will begin to unfold to us more and more as we go on, until it simply 'blows our minds' with the wonder of what is waiting for us. You may live your life as a member of the new creation -- in the midst of the old, but not part of it any more -- "no longer strangers, no longer foreigners," says the apostle. 2:11–22, Paul reminded his Gentile readers that they had previously been outside of God’s unfolding plan of redemption—at least in an ethnic and practical sense. Ephesians 3, Verses 10-13 ¶“ 10 God intended that now all the many sides of his wisdom should be made known. It is not new to us -- we have been discussing and discovering aspects of it all along in this letter. Finally, the apostle touches the matter of power: "partakers of the promise." In Christ, God is beginning a new creation, one that lives by a wholly different principle and is not subject to this law. God had committed a certain responsibility to him. We can come before God with confidence that he hears us (Heb. Ephesians 2:16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility. The answer is, in Jesus Christ. Eph. The remarkable thing about it is that you can experience it right now. We know they are absolutely essential to our existence, but we don't know what they are. This is God's lesson regarding what he is doing now. The, the definite article. (1 Corinthians 4:1 RSV). We are unable to stem the tide of broken marriages, and so our divorce rate is higher than that of any other nation in the world. We don't know how to break loose from this syndrome. As Paul looks back upon these great men of the past -- Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others -- he says that though they understood much, though they looked into the future far beyond our own day and God showed them what the end of all things would be, nevertheless they did not understand this mystery. His concern for these people was such that he would have gone to them had he been free. The gospel was revealed to him as he had previously mentioned (Ephesians 3:3). Ephesians 3:13 is the conclusion of Paul’s parenth… And here he makes up three words which you find nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. THE MYSTERY WAS A SPECIAL CALLING. 1:18) to the throne of grace. Do not forget that the reason Paul was charged by the Jews with sedition against the emperor was because they were so angry that he would carry any message from God to the Gentiles. And I wonder if sometime the Lord isn't going to lock me up to give me a chance to write some of the things he has laid on my heart. In the realm of performance this is already true. As Paul came to understand the One whom he served, he knew that Jesus is in control of history. As we will see, this is the greatest secret ever presented to the minds of men. The duration of his confinement was not determined by Caesar, but by the Lord Jesus. And this creation has already begun! 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—. He had to get them ready for it. It has already begun. Our whole modern era was brought about by the discovery of a secret which was hidden in nature until the time when Einstein stumbled upon a few hints of it. 11 This fits God’s purpose for … This chapter starts with the words “For this reason . I have a small writing assignment due Friday, thought I'd take some notes here. I hope I'll learn from the lesson of Paul in this respect. 3:3). None of us can help but be aware that this is an extremely troubled time in which we are living: We do not know how to solve the problems which are overwhelming us. It would simply be “a new creature” (2 Corinthians 5:17), “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15), a new species of mankind. Ephesians 3:9 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Ephesians 3:9, NIV: "and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things." Hence, in English, the idea would be more clearly expressed by "I have written above." Scholars are not exactly sure what he meant by that. But, as we have already seen, it was the Lord Jesus who began to unveil it. He was a responsible steward. The mystery he spoke of was that Gentiles are now fellow family members of the church in Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:6). This is true in every area of our lives. But it isn't over. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation the mystery was (Ephes. (Matthew 13:34 RSV). It is not a period of time at all; it is a responsibility to dispense something, a stewardship. But I pray that God will open the eyes of your understanding, that you will see how fantastic is this great mystery, and how important it is to understand it thoroughly, and to enter into it. It consists of this great truth: That the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I don't know if anyone has told "The Four Spiritual Laws" to a caterpillar, but it would be interesting to do so, because the first point would be, "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life." He runs out of language, is unable to put what he wants to say into the words at his disposal. Ah, but in the realm of the Spirit the breakthrough has already occurred. In verse 1 “For this reason” are connecting words indicating that what Paul is now going to write is based We don't know what to do with the millions of people who have been shoved off into ghettos, areas of our cities where economic pressures force them to live, and prevent them from having available to them the resources of life that many of us enjoy. In Chapter 1, Verses 9-10, he says, For he [God the Father] has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. Therefore the understanding of this great mystery is the key to the ultimate solutions for which men are seeking today. God understands us so thoroughly that he has hidden mystery in everything in life. The Mystery. He may have to do that with some of us, too. What we are to inherit from God, ultimately, is the world. Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. This is the great mystery. The paragraph falls very simply into two divisions. He already picks up that theme of mystery in Ephesians 1: 9 and 10 where he says that in Christ all things have been summed up. And, he says, they added nothing to him. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular. The secret was hidden to men of past ages. 2Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. This is what began at Bethlehem. Ephesians 3:12 is quite clear. And the book of Hebrews tells us that we do not yet see all things subject to Christ, but we do see Jesus, the One who has been made heir of all things, and in him we share that heirship, so that one day all things subject to this new law will be ours. It is not some kind of strange, esoteric mystery that Paul has in mind. Thus they had to acknowledge that he was an apostle on equal terms with them. The quantum theory, upon which much of modern physics is based, and which has unleashed the whole realm of nuclear fission, has at its heart, say the physicists, a principle of indeterminism, a hidden principle. He starts out to say one thing but then is captured by the truth of something else he is going to say. But how much more are there great riches in store for us who will give some time and thought and effort to grasping this great secret which Paul sets forth before us here -- the ultimate secret behind all things: the mystery of Christ. And, more than this, he was taught this personally by none other than the Lord Jesus himself. All of this, again, like everything we have in Christ, is (at the end of verse 12) ours through faith alone in Christ alone. God knows that we all want to be kings, that we are made to reign. So it is obvious, from what the apostle says here in Ephesians, that God needed to prepare human beings for the unfolding of this secret. Therefore, eventually, he was remanded to the care of the palace guard, the personal bodyguard of the emperor. It is a breakthrough, a new and marvelous way of life which has already begun in our experience, and which, ultimately, will solve all the problems facing humanity. EPHESIANS 3:1-13 THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL REVEALED THROUGH PAUL As you start this study, ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand what God has said through Paul. Men and women today can live on the basis of this new creation. . The second thing Paul says about himself, so that they might understand what he was going through, is that he was a steward of God's grace. Why do we fight each other? So he begins to bring it in ahead of time. 4:16; 10:19; 1 Jn 5:15). In Verse 34, Matthew tells us this: All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Paul cites some reasons for his imprisonment. In this context, this simply means, something that was hidden, but has now been revealed. (Ephesians 3:1-6 RSV). This is a picture of life in the flesh, the natural human life. Ephesians 3:6 The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4. Read verse in New International Version It wasn't until fourteen years later that he ever had an opportunity to sit down and compare notes with all the other apostles. Cross references. Paul was a minister of this gospel according to God's grace (Ephesians 3:7). It is mystery which makes life entrancing, fascinating. It is the only hope you will ever have of living according to the glory God designed for man when he created him in the beginning. The privilege we have in Christ is that we can have boldness to come before God in prayer. I know that sometimes we are so blinded by familiarity with these terms that we miss the impact of this. And the power of the Spirit will always come flowing through right at that point, to enable us to do what otherwise we could never do. Note Ephesians 3:11, “GOD’S ETERNAL PURPOSE.” Then God’s will in His eternal purpose should no longer be a mystery, that is, a secret. Our Lord, then, began to unfold this mystery, to tell us things that were hidden from the very foundation of the world. And that light has been reaching out to the world ever since, bringing men out of the old into the new. From pro and grapho; to write previously; figuratively, to announce, prescribe. One of these days, Springtime is going to come to the world, and when it comes, what God as already been preparing will then become manifest. This is why Dr. Francis Schaeffer has written a book called Pollution and the Death of Man, and related this subject to the Christian answer. There is something about human beings which causes us to be fascinated by something hidden, secret, by cryptic truth which needs to be discovered and revealed. But I hope you can go back, perhaps during this Christmas season, and think again of the breathless wonder of this great mystery which Paul declares to us -- how in Jesus Christ we can step out of the old, already, into the new creation. They mobbed him and would have lynched him on the spot had it not been for the intervention of the Roman guard. This may seem like old stuff to you, for unfortunately these words have come so frequently to our ears that we've lost the impact of them. The key mystery is Christ, says the apostle. We all love mysteries. And you are either a part of the new creation, or you are a part of the old; one or the other, but never both. There are those who tell us that the Apostle Paul learned his gospel from the other apostles, who in turn had heard it from Jesus, and that, therefore, Paul's apostleship is somewhat less than theirs. The Apostle Paul describes the greatest mystery of life to the Ephesians in these words: For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: Acts 22:17,21 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; …. Let’s first notice what Paul says about this mystery. DAY 1 Read Ephesians 3:1-13 three times. From a derivative of muo; a secret or 'mystery'. The only thing that can cure it is death itself. They had been listening carefully to him as he spoke of his conversion, of how he had been called by God, until he stated that he had been sent out unto the Gentiles. Therefore, he never saw himself as being the prisoner of Caesar. Ephesians 3:3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Message transcript and recording © 1972 by Ray Stedman Ministries, owner of sole copyright by assignment from the author. But this is what the apostles were teaching -- that God has already broken through the old creation, and, right in the midst of the old, he is creating a new. The third element of his stewardship, Paul says, is that it has given him great insight: "... the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly." There are a few references -- just enough to teach the truth, so that the Old Testament believers knew there was life beyond death. Paul tells us, "All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours;" (1 Corinthians 3:21b-22 RSV). I refer you to Matthew 13, where you have it recorded that our Lord spoke these amazing words. He tells us very plainly in his letter to the Galatians that when he was converted on that Damascus road, "I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ," (Galatians 1:12 RSV). Why don't they run around on four legs? 1. Verse 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; DAY TWO Questions and Answers. Ephesians 3:4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, Ephesians 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. Here he is touching the whole problem of man and his universe, man living in a natural world, the dominion (or lack of it) of man over that world, and the reason why we cannot solve our ecological riddles. The first paragraph in Chapter 3 is, in many ways, the key to this great letter of Paul to the Ephesian Christians. Paul himself, and all the other apostles, would deny this. I, the first-person pronoun. This is the biblical idea behind the word dispensation. But when people began to operate on its basis, even though they didn't fully understand it, they began to change the world. And the glory of kings is to discover that which has been hidden. So when Peter and James and John and the other apostles began to compare notes with Paul, they were astonished that this apostle, this man who had been the persecutor of the church and the chief murderer of the saints in Jerusalem, understood not only the doctrine they had been taught, but also the very events they had gone through. And the effects of it can be felt in our relationships with others, in our attitudes within, in our treatment of the environment around, in our enjoyment of the world of nature which is already present around us, and ultimately, in the power of the Holy Spirit imparted to us to make us live as we ought to live, in the fullness of joy and peace and life and glory and rejoicing before God. It cannot see very far, and doesn't know which turn to take. 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