anotherin love.3Make every effort to keep the unityof the Spirit through the bond of peace.4There is one bodyand one Spirit,just as you were called to one hope when you were called;5one Lord,one faith, one baptism;6one God and Father of all,who is over all and through all and ...
In Ephesians 4:15, Paul writes about speaking the truth in love. I used to think that while one could speak the truth but not be loving, it was impossible to be loving without being truthful. When I preached through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians about 15 years ago, I taught that i...
DECEMBER 25, 2019 Lawsuit filed by Emperor Emmanuel cult Nine years ago, I investigated and reported on this dangerous Kerala-based cult*. Recently, through the Thrissur court, they have served a summons on me/my ministry for “misusing and…Read More › ...
Some commentators of mark have tried to find a reference to each of the persons of the Godhead in the three prepositions over, through, and by, but this seems a strained view. The three persons, however, appear clearly in the seven elements of unity, but, as before (Ephesians 3:16-19...
You see, as long as the shield is up, nothing can get through. But when we drop it, although we still have our other pieces of armor, we leave ourselves exposed to the darts. So that is why Paul encourages us to take up the shield of faith. He says in verse 16, taking the shie...
“to proclaim … the opening of the prison to them that are bound” through the preaching of Good Tidings (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18), and had come as the Good Shepherd to “bind up that which was broken” and to loose “the bands of their yoke” (Ezekiel 34:16,27). His preaching...
I invite you to take a five-week walk with me through Paul's letter to the Ephesian church. I'd like to share with you a glorious vision for the Church -- Christ's vision for his beloved Body. If you can see it with your spiritual eyes and grasp it with your mind, then you can...
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom wevery family3 in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to xthe riches of his glory yhe may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit zin your inner being, 17 aso that Christ may dwell in...
16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to ...
“even when we were dead through our trespasses, [God] made us alive (συνεζωοποίησεν) together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up (συνήγειρεν) with him and seated us (συνεκάθισεν) with him in the heavenly ...