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So, you have heard the verses that Mike McEwen read in the book of Ephesians, we are going to be looking at that passes today.

Where Paul discusses the mystery.

That is the

Hidden portion.

That is not revealed in the Old Testament, regarding God's Ministry through the church.

And so it's important for us to understand this truth and it's an important lesson for us to know about this.

There are four important things in this passage that reveal the mystery of the church and it's revealed as we go through these four important things, but it's important.

First of all, to understand that it has been a mystery and I first kind of want to establish a parenthetical if you will hear that.

The Apostle Paul says it has been, let me adjust my laptop here just for a minute.

I got to get the friend to where I can see it and where it shows out.

That's better.

Okay.

It has been a mystery.

Paul says, it has been revealed to him.

To have the responsibility to reveal the mystery to us.

So it's important to know that the Apostle Paul's teaching found in this book, in The Book of Galatians and in Philippians has primarily the message to the, about the church, the New Testament in large part, has the message to the church.

It's important to distinguish some things about that and I want Larry to read as he did last week for us as well.

I don't, I like you literally read that first passage there under the fact that Paul has been given to know the mystery and to reveal it to us chapter 3 verses 3 through 6.

How that by Revelation he made known to me the mystery as I have briefly written already by which when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

Which in other Ages was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed by the spirit To His Holy Apostles and Prophets that the Gentiles should be fellow Heirs of the same body and Protectors of his promise.

In Christ, through the gospel is here to realize that in the past God's plan was that when a person was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, he came through the Jewish religion.

He was a proselyte, it was called and he worship God as a part of that nation's observances, but now Paul says, the gospel is come to the Gentiles.

The Apostle Paul has been given the gospel to the Gentiles.

Now that's true of most of you here today, that your gentle I wouldn't identify everybody necessarily but I got a sneaking hunch that most of us would fall into that category.

And so the gospel is come to only because of this mystery that Paul has been talkin about.

So it has been a mystery for a number of years for centuries.

As a matter of fact that First Peter chapter 1, verses 10, and 11, Larry's going to read.

And if that helps us to understand this, Of this salvation, the prophets have inquired, and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace, that would come to you searching.

What or what manner of time, the spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when he testified before hand.

The sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

It's important in this passage to see that the prophets of old, the prophets of the Old Testament, where it affect just below the crest of amount, I think it seemed beyond that another Mountain, which was the coming of the Messiah from their perspective.

But they knew there was Valley in between because of the distance involved and they wanted to know what was in that Valley.

God did not reveal that to them, he's revealed.

And now tap all the church was in that Valley and effect, God establish the church, but that was not important in the view of the Old Testament prophets.

They were only seeing what God had revealed to them at that point in time and show the church is to those Old Testament, prophets and mystery.

It is not anything that they have seen or have been able to see.

They even though they've inquire about what Center Valley.

No, you focus on the mountains that you can see you, reveal that information and then you'll find out later about what's in the valley and I will be revealed when I'm ready to reveal.

It.

God says, this mystery was partially revealed, however, to King, David parsley, revealed Acts chapter 22 verses 25 through 35.

It's a rather extended passage and maybe we don't need to read all of it.

But go ahead Larry and I'll stop you when we've heard enough.

Or David says of him, I was always beholding the Lord in my presence.

For he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken.

There for my heart was glad my tongue exalted more over.

My flesh.

Also will abide in Hope because thou will not abandon my soul to Hades.

Nor allow the Holy One to undergo Decay.

Just about himself, he's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ.

He knew the Lord.

Jesus Christ would be resurrected.

That will not suffer thy.

Holy wanted to see corruption and David had B have that much reveal to him, but he didn't know what all of it, it meant because the rest of it was still a mystery.

And so the Apostle Paul begins to reveal a church has been formed the body of the Lord Jesus Christ and what that means to us and how we are empowered to live that way and how we are An able to live that way.

And we'll talk about that because it brings God's blessing to us.

It's not merely the nation Israel.

Now, this blessed even remember the promise to Abraham was Indian and I see show all the families of the earth be blessed.

Remember that?

For God.

So loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish Nicodemus for that, and didn't really understand what it meant, but the time was coming when all would be blessed.

And so, we are now in a situation where all can be blessed all of us, even Gentiles who are not Jews and worship in the temple anymore.

Can now approach God and be part of his blessings.

So it's important to understand that it is been a mystery of the past but it now brings God's blessing to us.

First of all, we are made are the first six says that made Ayers.

Glad that the Gentiles should be fellow Heirs of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ through the gospel.

Okay, does another passage of scripture that talks about us being Heirs of God and Joint heirs with Jesus Christ?

Do you realize what that means?

Completely?

I sure don't.

I have no idea how much has been given to me, because I am an heir of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I've talked about it before, I don't want to talk about you again today, cuz it's important for us to understand that God out of those riches in glory has given us a blank checkbook.

And Jesus Christ, the sign, the line that normally a person, who owns the checking account signs, he has sign them and their blank checks at any time.

We can an effect rip something out of that, checkbook, and cash.

It Because it's already signed.

Now, there is coming a day, 1st Corinthians chapter 3 talks about it when we will stand before.

God, I know say, you know, I noticed that you wrote a check one day and I don't understand how this was to the benefit of the person who endorse the check.

And and we're going to be accountable for how we've used those riches, but on the other hand, we will be benefiting from the riches because they're always available to us.

We'll talk more about that in a moment but God has made us heirs with Christ and the fellow heirs Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

That's part of the way that God's blessing comes to us.

It's also of the we are made members of one body and we're going to read these separately.

First of all, 3:6

That the Gentiles should be fellow Heirs of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ through the gospel.

Okay?

We are members of one body.

That's the way God describes the church, one body, the body of Christ.

We are members of that one body.

It's important to know that.

That is the way the scripture describes us.

We are part of the body and it's important to know that in addition, as members of one body, we act in concert with each other.

Like Paul says, another passage does one finger say, while I'm the most important one here or no, We all work together, we all work as Unity, we all work together, that's important.

It's important to know that we must work together.

We are members of one body, but in addition, on that same point, it's, we are not members of One Nation.

1:23.

Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all, this is his body Nation.

Holy God.

It was to be a nation.

That was blessed.

We are not a nation.

We are of every tongue and tribe and Kindred, but we are one body.

It's it's impressive to me when I have in the past as a part of you.

I am United Indian Mission gone to Mexico.

I've been in service is down there and met people whom I barely speak the language of I can communicate a little bit in Spanish cuz I took it I don't know 50 years ago at least and only 2 years worth and I can I can kind of tell people how to farm in Spanish but not much else.