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May13WEEK20
Last week we studied how the mystery of God’s grace that was revealed through Christ was made plain through Paul’s ministry. The next verse, Ephesians 3:10, adds a significant and remarkable reason why this must be done:
in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
Most evangelical Christians learn how to witness to other people soon after their conversion, but how many are taught about our calling to... -
May06WEEK19
This week we will continue our study with Ephesians 3:7-9:
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power.
Although I am less than the least of all God's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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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...
