Ephesians 6:10-20
Sometimes life can feel like an all out war. According to Paul… it is. In his parting words to the Ephesian church, Paul tells believers to ready themselves for battle by putting on the full armour of God. There is a real enemy who has real intentions to kill, steal, and destroy. We must prepare ourselves daily for the battle that wages on.
Ephesians 6:1-9
Parenting and work can be two of the most pressure-inducing and stress-filled environments in our life. Both have the ability to expose what we truly believe about the gospel. In Ephesians 6, Paul shows us how the gospel affects and changes both parenting and work.
Ephesians 5:21-33
As the famous line from Princes Bridge goes: “Mawwiage is what bwings us together today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wuv, true wuv, will follow you forever, so tweasure your wuv.” Marriage is one of the greatest pictures of the gospel, one of the greatest gifts God has given to His children, and one of the hardest and most sanctifying relationships to navigate.
Ephesians 5:1-20
“Walk This Way” by Aerosmith became a Billboard top 100 song 45 years ago. Long before that, the Apostle Paul was telling us how to walk this way as follower of Christ. Paul has already shown us in the gospel how we have been given the power to walk. Now, he lays out how we’re supposed to walk as imitators of the living God.
Ephesians 4:1-16
Every doctors appointment you’ve ever been to involves checking your temperature, your blood pressure, and a host of other vital signs. Your vital signs are crucial pieces of information to help determine your overall health. Paul provides us in Ephesians 4 with several key indicators (vital signs if you will) of a healthy church. This week we unpack how the gospel produces healthy disciples who in turn form healthy churches.
Ephesians 3:14-21
A thriving prayer life. We all want one but let be honest – it can often feel elusive. Paul provides us with an exemplar prayer here in Ephesians three. He shows us that there’s a direct correlation between our understanding of God’s greatness and the extent of His grace and the type of prayers we pray.
Ephesians 2:11-22
The passage culminates with these beautiful word pictures of who we are in Christ – our identity. Paul says that we are citizens of God’s kingdom, members of God’s family and stones in God’s temple. What a radical change from the description of who we once were in verses 11 and 12! Paul uses the word ‘remember’ in verse 12 – as Christians it is good to remember who we once were before Christ and what His finished work has made us into. ‘Remembering’ allows us to give thanks for God’s saving work on the cross. Give thanks that we have a new identity in Him, allowing us to live in His grace, through the power of the Holy Spirit on mission for the sake of His church.
Ephesians 2:1-10
But God. It’s in those two words that we find the essence of the gospel. Two words. Six letters that change everything and carry the inexhaustible truth of God’s grace, mercy, hope, life, freedom. The crazy thing about the Christian life is as complex as the Bible can be and as difficult as some doctrines of Christianity are... we will never exhaust the meaning and depth carried in these two words.
Ephesians 1:3-14
Ephesians begins with an astounding statement about who we are but more specifically about whose we are. In this first chapter, we uncover our new identity in Christ. We have been given everything we could ever ultimately want and all that we’ve ever truly needed in the gospel. It’s almost too good to be true.