Loading…

Teaching Ephesians: From Text to Message is unavailable, but you can change that!

In an increasingly materialistic age, it can be difficult to remember who we are and what we value. Our identity, Ephesians tells us, can only be found in Christ. The spiritual blessings that we receive can only be found in him. We are chosen and raised in him. We form together to be the church in him. Ephesians paints a glorious picture of who we are and what the church is meant to be as we seek...

I find it helpful to make a distinction between application and implication. The Bible is already applied; the application of this passage is given later in the letter. However, there are implications for this applied truth. These will vary from congregation to congregation and can only be worked out when we have understood the application to the congregation to whom the letter was first addressed. In this first section, we find ourselves focusing on praise, which comes as we understand
Page 54