January 22, 2017
But God
Paul contrasts their former condition and what they deserved with God’s amazing mercy: “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:4–7 ESV)
Ephesians 2:4-7
January 15, 2017
Hopelessness, part 2
Paul speaks of the hopelessness in these verses: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sinsin which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” (Ephesians 2:1–3 ESV)
Ephesians 2:1-3
January 8, 2017
Hopelessness, part 1
Paul speaks of the hopelessness in these verses: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sinsin which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” (Ephesians 2:1–3 ESV)
Ephesians 2:1-3
January 1, 2017
Four Aspects of Power
Paul pointed out four aspects of the power that God worked in Christ “when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:20–23 ESV)
Ephesians 1:20b-23
November 20, 2016
Riches, Power, Resurrection
Paul wanted them to know “what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places”
Ephesians 1:18b-20a
November 13, 2016
Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation
This begins Paul’s prayer for the saints that they might have wisdom and revelation of God, specifically that they would understand the hope of His calling, the riches of the glorious inheritance in the saints and the power that is at work in believers.
Ephesians 1:15-18
November 6, 2016
Inheritance and Sealed with the Holy Spirit
Paul mentions two more of the blessings God has given believers: an inheritance and being sealed with the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:11-14
September 25, 2016
Redemption and Revelation
This is a look at the blessings of redemption and revelation that God has given to believers.
Ephesians 1:7-10
September 18, 2016
Predestination and Redemption
Paul breaks into an explosion of praise to God for the blessings that He has poured out on us from eternity past.
Ephesians 1:4b-8a
September 11, 2016
Blessings From Eternity Past
Paul breaks into an explosion of praise to God for the blessings that He has poured out on us from eternity past.
Ephesians 1:3-6