Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast

with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. Do you ever find yourself reading something

in the Bible and saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, but not actually know what it means? I found myself doing

that today. When I read verses 8 through 10, I did just that. Today, we're in

Ephesians 3, and in verses 8 through 10, Paul says, though I am the very least of all the saints,

this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

verse 9, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

And if you're anything like me, these three verses can be easy to read with a nodding head,

but if we stop to think about it, what is the plan of the

mystery? What is the manifold wisdom of God and why do the rulers and authorities and the heavenly

places need to know of it? Shouldn't they already know if they're in heaven with God? What's Paul saying

here? Do you actually know what this means? I think sometimes we get so familiar with Bible words that we forget

to think about what they actually mean, especially when they're all strung together. In today's

Devo, Natalie speaks a lot to verses 7 and 8, and her Devo provides helpful context, so for our time

in this episode, we're going to look at verses 9 through 10.

Going into verse 9, we know that Paul humbly postures himself and reminds us of his mission to share the good news of Jesus with the Gentiles.

At the end of verse 8, he says he's to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ

and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages.

So first, what is this plan of the mystery Paul speaks of? One commentator said this. Three times in

this paragraph, Paul uses the word mystery. Understanding this word is key if we want to understand

Paul. What's he trying to say? Well, we have to recognize that the English and

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