GOD HAD A PLAN FOR JEWS AND GENTILES TO BE UNITED

Ephesians 3, Paul, the servant of Christ, am here in jail because of you for preaching that you Gentiles are a part of God’s house. God himself showed me this secret plan of his, that the Gentiles, too, are included in his kindness. I say this to explain to you how I know about these things. In olden times God did not share this plan with his people, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his apostles and prophets. And this is the secret: that the Gentiles will have their full share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God’s sons; both are invited to belong to his Church, and all of God’s promises of mighty blessings through Christ apply to them both when they accept the Good News about Christ and what he has done for them. God has given me the wonderful privilege of telling everyone about this plan of his; and he has given me his power and special ability to do it well. And his reason? To show to all the rulers in heaven how perfectly wise he is when all of his family Jews and Gentiles alike are seen to be joined together in his Church in just the way he had always planned it through Jesus Christ our Lord. FRIENDS, GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER. HE REVEALED HIS PERFECT PLAN IN THE RIGHT TIME. HIS PLAN TO UNITE THE BODY OF CHRIST, JEWS AND GENTILES TOGETHER IN ONE ACCORD! Acts 20:21 I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike—the necessity of turning from sin to God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.