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EPHESIANS 5:22–32 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife (Ephesians 5:31a). Ephesians 5 brings us to Paul’s advice to husbands and wives regarding life in the unity of marriage. With this in mind, we are now going to take six days to consider the biblical … Continue reading “WHAT IS CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE?”

EPHESIANS 4:4–10 This is why it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captives in His train and gave gifts to men” (Ephesians 4:8). The ascension of Jesus Christ is not simply an interesting aspect of things that happened after His resurrection. Rather, the Ascension shows us the triumph of our Lord and the … Continue reading “THE VICTORY PARADE OF HISTORY”

EPHESIANS 4:11–16 Then we will not longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming (Ephesians 4:14). Paul has made the point that the ascended Christ takes from His spoil of humanity … Continue reading “GROWING UP IN CHRIST”

EPHESIANS 4:17–28 Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body (Ephesians 4:25). Moralism is the heresy that reduces the principles of God’s law to mere dos and don’ts. “Do this and don’t do that,” says the moralist. Why? “Because this is right … Continue reading “LIFE IN COMMUNITY”

EPHESIANS 2:1–10 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4–5). As we begin the second chapter of Ephesians, we find Paul contrasting two kinds of life. Our former … Continue reading “THE PURPOSE OF NEW LIFE”

EPHESIANS 2:11–3:13 Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). Having discussed the fact that all new covenant believers are united to Jesus Christ and are positioned at the right hand of the Father, Paul turns to one of the prevailing concerns of New … Continue reading “THE HOUSE OF GOD”

EPHESIANS 3:14–4:3 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2). Paul has made the point that all believers are one in Christ, both Jew and Gentile. He has also made the point in Ephesians 3 that his particular calling and glory is to call Gentiles into this new … Continue reading “LIVING IN UNITY AND HARMONY”

EPHESIANS 1:1–10 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:1). Sometime after Paul was arrested, probably after he had been taken to Rome, he wrote a letter back to the Ephesian church. Today we begin an extended study of that … Continue reading “THE EPHESIAN LETTER”

EPHESIANS 1:1–10 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.… For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight (Ephesians 1:3–4). Paul begins the body of his letter to the Ephesians with a long sentence of praise (1:3–14), a sentence … Continue reading “PRAISE FOR PREDESTINATION”

EPHESIANS 1:9–23 And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ (Ephesians 1:9). Paul continues with his long sentence, after he has told us to praise God for His electing grace, by saying that this grace was freely given to us by God … Continue reading “THE MYSTERY OF GOD”