1. God’s Mover and Shaker
Ephesians 3:1-13

2. Top 100 Influential People in History
1 Jesus
2 Napoleon
3 Muhammad
4 William Shakespeare
5 Abraham Lincoln
6 George Washington
7 Adolf Hitler
8 Aristotle
9 Alexander the Great
10 Thomas Jefferson

3. Notable Mentions 17 Martin Luther 36 George W. Bush
37 Winston Churchill
52 Gautama Buddha
53 Mark Twain
98 Grover Cleveland
99 John Calvin
100 John Locke

4. Top 100 Influential People in History
34 Paul the Apostle
65 Saint Peter

5. Paul Recipient of the mystery Apostle to the Gentile
Prisoner of the Lord Jesus

6. What is the mystery in Ephesians 3?
It is two-fold:
(1) By His death on the cross, Christ destroyed the barriers that existed between God and human kind.
(2) By His death on the cross, Christ destroyed the barriers that existed between Jews and Gentiles and has now placed them together in one body.

7. 2:11-22 3:1-13 one body one household one chosen people
one temple of God
theirs (synkleronoma) together with Israel
members together (syssoma) of one body
sharers together (symmetocha) in the promise in Christ

8. John Stott
“What neither the Old Testament nor Jesus revealed was the radical nature of God’s plan, which was that... the Jewish nation under God’s rule would be terminated, and replaced by a new international community, and that Jews and Gentiles would be incorporated into Christ and His church on equal terms without any distinction. It was this complete union of Jews, Gentiles, and Christ which was radically new, and which God revealed to Paul . . .”

9. Paul Recipient of the mystery Apostle to the Gentile
Prisoner of the Lord Jesus

10. Acts 9

12. Parable of the Money Lender Luke 7:41-43
“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

13. Paul Recipient of the mystery Apostle to the Gentile
Prisoner of the Lord Jesus