The Plan of the Mystery (Part 1 of 2)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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What’s the role of the church in this everchanging world? Is it different from the responsibilities of the early church? Hear the answer when you join us for a closer look at the apostle Paul’s Godgiven ministry, on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	What's the role of the church in the 21st century?
0:27.7	Is it somehow different from what the church's role was 2,000 years ago?
0:33.2	Today on Truth For Life, we continue our study in the book of Ephesians.
0:37.3	Alistair Begg is taking a close look at the Apostle Paul's God-given ministry.
0:49.6	We are entirely dependent upon the work of the Holy Spirit to speak,
0:55.4	to listen, to understand, to believe, to trust, to obey.
0:59.4	And so we shut ourselves up with you and to you, and we pray that you won't simply
1:07.1	provide us with information that we require, but that we might have an encounter with you,
1:11.1	the living God, through the ministry of your Word by the Holy Spirit.
1:17.0	We marvel at this, and we pray in anticipation of this in Christ's name. Amen.
1:25.5	Well, let me just read, first of all, these verses 7, 8 and 9 in the ESV of this gospel,
1:38.4	writes Paul, I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the
1:44.0	working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints this grace was given to
1:49.3	preach to the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone,
1:55.7	what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
2:02.6	And then, as we have it here in Taylor, God has given me the wonderful privilege of telling
2:11.8	everyone about this plan of his, and he has given me his power and special ability to do it well,
2:18.7	just think, though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the most useless Christian,
2:22.8	there is yet I was the one chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles the glad news of
2:28.6	the endless treasures available to them in Christ, and to explain to everyone that God is the
2:34.6	Savior of the Gentiles too, just as he who made all things had secretly planned from the beginning.
2:41.5	Well, those of you who are present this morning will know that we looked at verses 7 and 8,
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