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Chapter 3

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1. In verses 3:1 and 4:1, what shows that Paul's service to the Lord was sacrificial?

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2. Using a good Bible *Dictionary, define the word "dispensation." http://www.antioch.com.sg/cgi-bin/bible/vines/find_term.pl

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3. Using that same Bible dictionary source, define the word "mystery."

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4. What did Paul mean when he wrote that God made known to him the mystery by "revelation" (vs.3)? [The answer is revealed in vs. 5. J]

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5. What did Paul say that mystery was (vs.6)?

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6. Now, is it still a "mystery"? And if it isn't, why isn't it?

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7. Paul essentially repeats the information saying that to him was "this grace given" (vs.8). What was Paul required to do in response to this grace?

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8. How did Paul say that others may understand his knowledge in the mystery of Christ (vs.4)?

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9. How long had this mystery been hidden? (vs.9)

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10. How did God create all things? (vs.9)

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11. Who may now know of the manifold wisdom of God, and how may they know it? [Two answers required here]

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12. There are those who teach that the church was just an afterthought, contending that since Christ failed to set up His kingdom because the Jews rejected Him, God set up the church instead. What statement in vs.11 refutes that claim?

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13. After whom is the whole family in heaven and earth named? (vss. 14, 15)

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Thought question: Why is the family name important?

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14. Whose Spirit strengthens us in the inner man? (vs.16)

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15. But how does He operate in the inner man? (vs.17)

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16. What is the source of faith? [Hint: Rom. 10:17]

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17. "Now unto him that is ___1___ to do ____2________ _____3_______ ____4______ ___5___that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph 3:20)." List these five superlatives below.

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18. If God can provide so abundantly more than you and I can conceive to ask in prayer, what are some of the things about which Christians should pray so as to receive abundant blessings from God?

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19. Why, then, do we not have these abundant blessings? (Jas. 4:2, 3)

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* A Bible dictionary defines words according to their usage in the Bible text. Webster's Dictionary or other "school" dictionaries do not always include the Biblical meaning of the word.

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