The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Well, this morning we're going to return to Ephesians chapter 3, and I will read the opening

six verses one more time.

For this reason I call the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles.

If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you,

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery as I wrote before in brief,

by referring to this when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed

to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.

To be specific that Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body and fellow

partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

And we'll stop there at this particular point.

The mystery that the Apostle Paul is talking about is clearly stated as the fact in verse

six that Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members, fellow partakers of the promise in

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