Can you imagine being so committed to a calling that you're willing to face prison, hardship, and even death to pursue it? That's not a hypothetical question, it's exactly the kind of commitment the Apostle Paul described in his farewell speech to the church he loved most. And his words have something urgent to say to us today.

In Ephesians 3:2-7, the apostle Paul makes a stunning claim that would have shocked his fellow Jews: through Jesus, Gentiles were coheirs of the promises of God along with the Jews. God's secret plan to save the world was a plan hidden in plain sight for generations, now fully revealed in Jesus Christ.

What if the thing standing between you and a completely new life wasn't your effort, your willpower, or your track record, but simply a gift you hadn't yet received? That's exactly what the Apostle Paul wants us to understand in one of the most powerful passages in all of Scripture.

What if the most important thing about the church could be summed up in a single sentence? Not a short, punchy sentence, but a breathless, 200-word, zero-punctuation run-on sentence that would make your high school English teacher reach for a red pen? That's exactly what the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter one, and what he couldn't stop saying just might change the way you see the church and yourself.