Living God’s Way: A portion of God’s mystery revealed
Carlton G. McPeak
Guest Columnist
After Paul describes how the Gentiles in Ephesus could read and understand the revelation God had given him, Paul then reveals a portion of God's mystery. He states the Gentiles are now "fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel" (Ephesians 3:6, 7).
Paul has been leading up to this statement since chapter two. The Gentiles are now on equal par with the Jews when both of them are "in Christ Jesus." There is no distinction between the two; the "wall" has been broken. They are now part of the "building" that is being built with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone and the foundation being t
