1. Interrupting himself, Paul makes mention of His Status
V1 Paul was a Prisoner of Christ
2Ti 1:11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
Ac 9:10-16
A. V2 Paul was a Steward of the Mystery- He was entrusted with a great task
B. V3-5 The Mystery is that Jews and Gentiles would be joined in the Church
A. V6 A new relationship
1) Fellow Heirs of the Inheritance…sums up Eph 3:11-22
2) of the same body
3) and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
Gen 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Galatians 3:28-29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
A. V7 New Power
Paul's role as a minister to the Gentiles of this "mystery" was a gift from God (7)
a. A gift of God's grace
b. A gift given to him by the effective working of God's power
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