Christians love to sing and talk about redemption and forgiveness, but strangely, few Christians really know what the Bible teaches about these two topics. We look at both terms in this study of Ephesians 1:7-8.
Starting in chapter two, Paul contrasts their former spiritually dead lives to what they had become currently (2:1-4). Paul’s famous declaration, “By grace you have been saved through faith,” is seen in verse eight. Moving closer to Ephesians 2:14, verses eleven though twenty-two make...
1. Joseph- The favored son of Jacob, who was sold into slavery by his brothers but rose to become a powerful leader in Egypt. He is a central figure in this passage, dealing with the aftermath of his father's death.2. Joseph's Brothers- The sons of Jacob who previously sold Joseph ...
Ephesians 1:17and asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. Revelation 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me li...
So too our faith is a gift of God, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2.8). This is one reason why the Reformed Faith sees everything as a gift from God, even “our” faith. Therefore, we give...
(This is found in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12 ) But despite having one or more “gifts” of the Spirit, if we don’t show LOVE with that gift, it looses its effectiveness and doesn’t benefit others and that is the reason a person is given the gift! God is Love and Love is the ...
78K Learn the definition of literary fiction, read about the books of literary merit, and view examples. Examine how literary fiction differs from genre fiction. Related to this QuestionWhat is the literary form of Colossians? What type of literary form is Ephesians 1: 3-6? What is the ...
“He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;” Ephesians 4:10 Darby And finally, we the church, will be caught up. “then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet ...
So they stirred up their fellow Ephesians, who all rushed together to the theatre at the center of town, dragging a couple of Paul’s companions with them. Acts tells us that the assembly in the theatre was in great confusion. The Greek word translated as “assembly” is ekklesia (Acts ...
This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:31-32). Think about it: Two far-from-perfect people are covenanting their life together based on no matter what they have done in the past, no matter what happens in the future, in ...