Ephesians 3:1-7

October 6, 2014

Ephesians 3:1-7

NOTE: During the week of October 6-10 I am taking a little vacation to tour Civil War battlefields, from Gettysburg to Harpers Ferry to Antietam to Charlottesville. During this week I am republishing my meditations from the first week in October last year. 

The Gentiles often referred to the Jews as atheists because the Jews did not worship idols, and they had no statues of their God. When Paul proclaimed the Good News to the Gentiles, he first had to convince his listeners that the Jews in fact worshipped the only true and living God. Then Paul explained that the God of Abraham loved all the people of the “world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). In our culture, most preachers simply proclaim Jesus without making a case for the Christian’s connection to Israel. That is a shame. Paul was so passionate about the Christian’s connection to God’s heritage in Israel that even from a jail cell he proclaimed, “By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News” (Ephesians 3:7). Paul was absolutely persuaded that because we belong to Christ Jesus, we “share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children” (Ephesians 3:6). These riches, these blessings were first promised by God to His children, Israel. Now we get to enjoy the promise of God’s blessings because we belong to Christ Jesus.

As seekers of the life in Christ, I believe we will do well to love God’s Good News to Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, and Isaiah as much as we love God’s Good News proclaimed by Paul.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.