Essays in Ephesians #23
Ephesians 3: 13-15 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. Ephesians 3:13–15 ESV As Paul encourages his friends in Ephesus not to […]
Essay in Ephesians #22
This was according to the eternal purpose that He has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. Ephesians 3: 11– 12 Paul surely has great faith, great boldness and access to God, to write with such sureness and certainty that Jesus will […]
Essays in Ephesians #21
As I wrote about Paul’s courage, a holy light filled my heart and I thought that God might be giving me words for a reader —or perhaps the Holy Spirit was speaking to me. Ephesians 3:9-10 Part I [Paul was given grace to preach the good news of God] and to bring to light for […]
Essays in Ephesians #20—part 2
When Paul met Jesus’ beauty, truth and powerful love, he responded with an unqualified yes.
Essays in Ephesians #20—part 1
Paul describes himself as the least of all saints. In his humility, Paul trusted God.
Essays in Ephesians #19
The energy, the motive behind the mystery Paul writes about is love. God IS Love—God loves us and He always has.
Essays in Ephesians #18
Ephesians! Remember? You already know God’s given me a special grace—one just for you.
Essays in Ephesians #17
Can you identify with imprisonment—for any reason? If not in jail, have you ever felt caged in by illness or depression, a limiting job or a controlling system? Do you know…
Essays in Ephesians #16
. . . in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Ephesians 2: 21-22 Israel had known God’s glory— through centuries of sporadic yet repeated divine-human interaction through their kings […]
Essays in Ephesians #15
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, Ephesians 2: 19-20 So then, you are— not a stranger to God, but a friend, a […]
Essays in Ephesians #14
. . . [Jesus] reconciles us, both Jew and Gentile, to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility between us. And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access by […]
Essays in Ephesians #13
Have you ever actually experienced your own twenty-first century version of this verse? Have you ever far off from God and His promises and then, by faith in Jesus Christ, come near to Him and learned that His promises are true?
