Ephesians 3:10 (ESV) 10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
In the verses preceding Paul explains to the Ephesians his call from God to preach to the Gentiles "the unsearchable riches of Christ." In his mind there is no greater division than that between Gentile and Jew. Anyone with some knowledge of church history can confirm this. But through the Spirit those division falls and the church is not divided between Gentile and Jew, but united in Christ. And through the church the "manifold wisdom of God" will be known even to the powers and authorities in the spiritual realm.
If Christ can unite Jews and Gentiles in the first century then surely He can unite the church today in the twenty-first century. Forgetting denominational divisions, what would the church of today look like if the people within the local body of believers came together, united in Christ? All too ofter our petty disagreements or personal feelings rule over our unity. If we are not united in one cause as the local church, what does this say to the rulers and authorities in the spiritual realm? What kind of witness are we for Christ?
Just something to think about.
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