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Ephesians chapter 3 verse 8, to me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given,

to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.

Did you hear that language? Hopefully if you listen to this podcast regularly,

that language sounds very familiar to you, and it's just reading to the Bible.

Hopefully if you read the Bible, this language sounds familiar, but I think we miss it.

I hear as Paul again, now in Ephesians chapter 3 verse 8, saying this grace was given,

talking about grace from God and his salvation, to preach to the Gentiles, to the nations,

the unsearchable riches of Christ. See the connection, the Bible makes over and over and over again,

with the grace of God in our salvation and the purpose of God in our salvation.

God's grace, like who are we to know God, to be forgiven of our sins, to be in relationship with

God, to have eternal life with God. Who are we? That's all by his grace.

And his grace was given to us for a purpose. We saw the same thing in Galatians chapter 1,

verse 15 through 16. Now we're seeing it here in Ephesians chapter 3 verse 8, to me, this grace

was given to preach. I have been given this grace not to sit on it and just soak it in myself,

yes, soak it in, yes, enjoy it to the full and proclaim it and spread it. Grace from God is

always intended to spread through us. That's the purpose of grace. It's not just for us. Yes,

by God's grace, we receive it, but we also reflect it. We also reproduce it. We spread it. That's

the whole picture here. I've been given this grace to preach to the nations the unsearchable

riches of Christ. These unsearchable riches that I found in Jesus are not just for me to enjoy.

They're for the nations to enjoy. They're for more and more people and more and more people groups

to enjoy. That's why we pray like we do on this podcast. That's why we should pray like this

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