Ephesians Explained Part 13 (Be Strong in the Lord)
Paul closes the letter with a final charge: be strong in the Lord and in the might of His strength. The church is to put on the full armor of
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 12 (One Master in Heaven)
Paul continues the household code under the heading of being subject to one another in the fear of Christ, now addressing bondservants and masters in the first-century household. Slaves are
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 10 (Christ and the Church)
Paul applies the Spirit-filled life to the household, beginning with marriage. Wives are to be subject to their own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 9 (Walk In Love and Light)
Paul continues the call to walk worthy of our calling by commanding the church to be imitators of God as beloved children and to walk in love, just as Christ
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 8 (Put Off The Old Self)
Paul continues the call to walk worthy of our calling by drawing a sharp contrast between the former way of life and the new reality in Christ. The Gentiles walk
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 7 (Walk Worthy of Your Calling)
Paul begins the second half of the letter with a strong “therefore.” Because of everything God has already done for us in Christ, he urges the church to walk in
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 6 (The Love of Christ)
Paul resumes the prayer he began earlier in the chapter and bows his knees before the Father. He asks that the church would be strengthened with power through the Spirit
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 5 (The Mystery of the Gospel)
Paul continues from the creation of the one new man and reveals the long-hidden mystery: that the Gentiles are now fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers
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Paul calls the Gentile believers to remember their former condition: without Christ, alienated from the people of God, strangers to the covenants, having no hope, and without God in the
Continue readingEphesians Explained Part 3 (Saved By Grace Alone)
Paul paints the stark reality of our natural condition: dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world, enslaved to the flesh, and by nature children
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