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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... -
Mar25WEEK13
This week we continue to study our purpose in Christ with Ephesians 2:11-13:
Therefore remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and... -
Mar18WEEK12
This week we continue our study with Ephesians 2:10
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.The first point in this text is that we are God’s workmanship, not our own. In the world, "self-made" men and women are esteemed, but not so in Christ. Our goal is to submit to His workmanship, to become what He wants us to be. How do we do this?
First, we must understand...