Episode notes
PAUL THE PIONEER PREACHER
3 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Intro: In our last study, we considered the content of verse 1. In that short, but powerful verse Paul reminded his readers that he was the “prisoner of Jesus Christ.” Paul might have been under house arrest in Rome, under Jewish charges, as he waited to appear before Caesar, but he wanted everyone to know that Jesus Christ was his real warden.