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Apr29WEEK18
We now begin an important part of our journey through the book of Ephesians. In the first two chapters the apostle Paul sowed the seeds of a glorious and expansive vision of what Christians are called to be. For the rest of the epistle he lays out a practical plan for how this is achieved. We continue our study now with Ephesians 3:1-6:
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles–
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Apr22WEEK17
Our text for this week is Ephesians 2:21-22:
In whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;
in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
By this Scripture we can understand that we do not automatically become the temple of the Lord, rather it is something... -
Apr15WEEK16
Our text for this week is Ephesians 2:20:
Having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone.
Paul is not saying that the apostles and prophets are the foundation. As he wrote in I Corinthians 3:11, Jesus Christ is the only foundation for the church. It is the apostles and prophets who lay the foundation, which is Jesus. Jesus is not only the Cornerstone and the Foundation—He is the whole building.In biblical times, engineers did not...
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Apr08WEEK15
Our text for this week is Ephesians 2:17-19:
And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;
or through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
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Apr01WEEK14
This week we continue our study of our purpose in Christ with the crucial statement made in Ephesians 2:15-16:
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by...
