Via Church

Our text today gives us encouragement to work hard together in ministry. The Church is a living picture of redeemed humanity working together. The mystery of God - the redemption of mankind through Jesus - has been revealed to us and we are now called to make it known to others. Our text carries the same tensions of Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews) that Paul clearly laid out in previous verses. Paul, a Jew, was called by God to take the message of Jesus to the Gentiles. He describes it as a mystery. Ministry can be tough in many ways. Serving others can be all demanding at times. In the following verses Paul shares what sustained him when ministry was tough.