Reader’s Guide: “The Word for Today” Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Read – Ephesians 3 It is difficult for us these many years later to imagine how challenging it was for the first followers of Jesus to understand that in the death of Jesus the gospel had been extended to all people. We need to remember that all of the first followers of Jesus were Jews – they had their traditions and, as we all know too well, those long-held traditions are difficult to change or to give up. The story of the book of Acts is of that journey to the ends of the world. And Paul is the vehicle through which God accomplished this bridging of the gap. As we listen to the third chapter of Ephesians we are given a glimpse into this struggle.