Unlike several of the other letters Paul wrote, Ephesians does not address any particular error or heresy. Paul wrote to expand the horizons of his readers, so that they might understand better the dimensions of God's eternal purpose and grace and come to appreciate the high goals God has fo...
For a while now, I’ve taken a deeper dive into Church history including the early church, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy and other church denominations. I’ve also been study cultural backgrounds of ancient Judaism, the intertestamental period and Hellenistic Jews of the first century. It’s ...
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Ephesians Vision for Church(Eph) Philippians Colossians, Philemon 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus General Epistles Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter, Jude 1, 2, and 3 John Revelation Revelation Conquering Lamb of Revelation Topical
Scriptures: Acts 4:23-24; Ephesians 4:7, 11-13; Hebrews 10:25 Themes: Redemption, Fellowship, Church All praise to our redeeming Lord, Who joins us by His grace, And bids us, each to each restored, Together seek His face. The gift which He on one bestows, We all delight to ...
Turn to Ephesians 5:8-16. In most of your Bibles, vs. 14b is probably set off as poetry. Most commentators think this verse was probably some kind of early Christian hymn. Whatever the case, it seems evident that Paul uses this verse as main central point of this passage, around which...
if a professing Christian is reading chapter eighteen and discovers they have been consistently guilty of several sins listed in Ephesians 5:1–7, even though they’ve made a decision to accept Christ as their Savior, they may ask, “Does this mean I’m not really a Christian?” This is...
The Jesus of the Bible taught that salvation is a free gift anyone can receive by accepting Him as your personal Savior, not by works (Ephesians 2:8,9; Romans 4:6 & 11:6; Philippians 3:9). The LDS Jesus taught that your level of exaltation was based on faith plus works determined ...
Yet they have Paul to say in Ephesians 2:15, " . . . by abolishing in this flesh the law with its commandments and regu lations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, . . . " Thus they have Paul to affirm what Christ denied ...