Free Bible Commentary
“Ephesians 3:1-6”
Categories: Ephesians“For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”
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Today’s reading really sums up exactly how God makes His will known to people in this current and final dispensation of His dealing with mankind. “By revelation there was made known to” Paul “the mystery” (verse 3). The Holy Spirit miraculously revealed important knowledge to the “apostles and prophets” (verse 5), some of which had not been fully disclosed prior to Christ’s coming. He is specifically writing about the fact that, in Christ Jesus, both Jews and Gentiles are brought together into one, redeemed collective called His church (verse 6).
After the Spirit revealed the mind of Christ to God’s chosen instruments, they proceeded to record the word of God onto the written page. These pieces of inspired, inscribed literature have since been organized into a codified collective knows as the Bible. Paul wrote that “when you read” the revelation of God’s mind, “you can understand” the writers’ “insight into” it (verse 4). God has chosen the medium of the (inspired) written word to convey His will to us. We must read it, or have it read to us, in order to understand what God would have us to believe, know and do.
And, when we do take the time to read it, we truly CAN understand it. It is not so “mysterious” that it is beyond the ability of the average mind to grasp. Now, mind you, some things are DIFFICULT to understand (2 Peter 3:16), but they are not IMPOSSIBLE to understand. If the will of God is important to us, and we apply ourselves to the study and pursuit of it, then He will lead us to a clarity and comprehension that will allow us to lead lives that are pleasing to Him.
Quite frankly, the written word of God is far too vital to our eternal welfare to NOT be important to us. God’s glorious inheritance and all of His spiritual blessings and precious promises are given to us “in Christ Jesus,” and are made known and available “through the gospel” (verse 6). Dig deep my friends!!!
Please read Ephesians 3:7-13 for tomorrow.
Have a blessed day!
- Louie Taylor
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