‘God’s eternal plan is to unite all people in Christ, and His power enables believers to experience the fullness of His love and presence’. The Mystery Revealed (3:1–6)  For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—  2  assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,  3  how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.  4  When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery...

Key Text: Joshua 3:14–17 “ So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,  15  and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),  16  the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that...

Ephesians 1:3–10 – “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world…”   I.              The Origin of the Redemptive Plan — Conceived in the Heart of God (Ephesians 1:3–4)    “ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,  4  even as he chose us in him  before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love”. God’s purpose has always been to bring...