Posts with the category “ephesians”

Ephesians 6:10-20 — PrayerAfter presenting the six components of the whole Armor of God, the apostle Paul exhorts us to be in prayer at all times. Although not an additional weapon, prayer is at the h...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-20 — The Sword of the SpiritThe sixth component of the Armor of God is the sword of the Spirit, which is "the word of God." It is "the sword of the Spirit" because the Spirit is its sou...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-20 — The GospelThe ConfusionAmidst the confusion in the culture between secular humanism and pantheistic postmodernism, the Gospel message is under tremendous scrutiny to conform to the...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-20 — The Breastplate of RighteousnessFrom Truth to RighteousnessLast week, we said that the first piece of the armor of God is truth. Truth is not found merely in abstract propositions,...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-20 — Girded with TruthDuring the health crisis of 2021, the refrain of those who insisted that we must comply with the whims of self-serving bureaucrats was "Follow the Science." To coa...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-20 — Spiritual WarfareSit — Ephesians 1:1-3:21Some have outline Ephesians as Sit, Walk, Stand. The first three chapters of Ephesians tell us who we are in Christ. It started by saying t...  Read More

Ephesians 6:1-4 — Biblical ParentingThe basis for Biblical Marriage is the Imago Dei, that the man and the woman are created in the image of God. The man and the woman are equal in value, dignity, and...  Read More

Ephesians 5:22-33 — Biblical Marriage: Headship and SubmissionThe basis for Biblical Marriage is the Imago Dei, that the man and the woman are created in the image of God. The man and the woman are eq...  Read More

Ephesians 5:22-33 — Biblical Marriage: Foundation, Distinctives, and PurposeIn Ephesians 5:15–21, the Apostle Paul juxtaposed being drunk—which is foolishness because it is a waste of time, resources,...  Read More

Ephesians 5:15–21 — Walk in WisdomOnce again, the Apostle Paul uses the exhortation "walk" this time to tell the Ephesians to walk circumspectly. The adverb "circumspectly" modifies the verb "walk" to...  Read More

Ephesians 5:7–14 — Walk as Children of LightOnce again, the Apostle Paul brings the idea of darkness as he had done in the previous Chapter. He gives a command not to "be partaker with" the son of dis...  Read More

Ephesians 5:1-6 — Walk in LoveIn Ephesians 5:1, Paul uses the word “walk” for the third time in this letter admonishing the Ephesians on how to conduct themselves.  As children of God, they are to wal...  Read More

Ephesians 4:17-32 — Holiness: The Expression of Spiritual MaturityIn Chapters One, two, and Three, the Apostle Paul told the Ephesians that they had every spiritual blessing (Chapter 1); that they are...  Read More

Ephesians 4:7-16 — The Enablement for Christian UnityThe fitness and bodybuilding industry is a $253 billion industry. Yes, that's a billion with a "B". It is projected that that number will almost do...  Read More

Ephesians 4:1-6 — The Basis of Christian UnityOver the past several decades, we have seen an incredible shift in the Church here in America and Christianity as a whole. During this time, the number of...  Read More

Ephesians 3:14-21 — A Prayer for EmpowermentThis is the second prayer that the Apostle Paul records in this letter to intercede for the Ephesians. This prayer is connected in a significant way to the ...  Read More

Ephesians 3:1-13 — The Mystery of the Church This passage seems to begin as if the Apostle Paul is starting another prayer. However, right afterward he begins an "if-then" statement where the "if" is ...  Read More

  Identification of "the middle wall of separation" in Ephesians 2:14Several suggestions have been proposed as to what this wall refers to. The referent for the phrase could be a physical wall (e.g., ...  Read More

In Ephesians 2:1-10, the Apostle Paul describes the individual believer's change of status. Positionally, the believer was separate from God until he obtained justification by grace through faith. He ...  Read More

Ephesians 2:8 is clear that we are not saved by anything other than because God has dealt graciously with us by giving us salvation as a gift. The way we obtain this gift of salvation is when we recei...  Read More

I recently heard a pastor narrate a story of when he knocked on the door of a notorious mob boss to share the Gospel with him and his wife. His wife received the Lord then and the mob boss did some ti...  Read More

In Ephesians 1:3-14, the Apostle Paul explains all the spiritual blessings that the believers have in Christ. In Christ, the believer has been chosen to be holy and without blame before God; the belie...  Read More

Ephesians is an amazing letter. Its theological content ought to be read and studied by every new believer because it is so foundational to the Christian faith. Yet its theological depth is so profoun...  Read More