What did Paul say his God-given commission was in Ephesians 3:8?
Paul declares that grace was given to him, though he was less than the least of all saints, so that he should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. This commission centers on proclaiming those riches, which are beyond human comprehension and understood by very few believers.
Les teaches from Ephesians 3:8 that Paul calls himself less than the least of all saints, yet this grace was given so that he should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Les notes that very few believers understand these unsearchable riches, and he says he could stand and speak for an hour on them because they are beyond human comprehension. The next verse adds the commission to make all men see, or understand, the fellowship of the mystery, this body of truth, which from the beginning of the world was hid in the mind of God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Les connects this to the same God spoken of in Ephesians 3 and Genesis 1.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;