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Ephesians 6

Ephesians

Last updated on February 23rd, 2019 at 09:02 am

Commentary: As we move to chapter 6 of Ephesians, we continue from chapter 5 with how we, as Christians, should interact with others. This starts with our children and then moves to our slaves/masters and/or employees/bosses. Most of the last half of chapter 6, starting at verse 10, tells us how to fight off the devil using the Whole or Full Amor of God referred to, in part, in Isaiah 59. It then finishes up with Paul asking for their prayers and giving final greetings.

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Jesus and Kids

Ephesians 5

Ephesians

Last updated on February 9th, 2019 at 09:26 am

Commentary: As we move to chapter 5 of Ephesians, we continue from chapter 4 with how we, as Christians, should live. First, we do so by following God’s example, then there are specific references to many areas where Christians fall or are tempted to fall. From there, we move to how we are to relate in family situations which, from the beginning of time, starting with Adam and Eve, have been problematic.

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Take up your cross

Ephesians 4

Ephesians

Last updated on February 16th, 2019 at 10:26 am

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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

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Ephesians 3

Ephesians

Last updated on January 14th, 2019 at 07:48 pm

Commentary: I had a little trouble following how Pastor Jay got to “Blessed Blesser blessed blessed blessings” out of Ephesians 1:3 in last Sunday’s message, and I am not going to try to “unpack” Ephesians that far, but will continue to try to evolve to pulling out the main themes that Paul’s letter to the Ephesians has for us, today.

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God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles

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Prayer

Ephesians 1

Ephesians

Gentlemen,

I am overwhelmed by the task of trying to pull “the goodie” out of Ephesians. It has many real challenges to, and applications for our everyday lives and just a quick read reminds me of how badly I often botch life. How can I hope to live up to the standard of God? I know all about grace and often believe that I am trying God’s patience with my daily failures.

Pray for me and help me to grow and get better at highlighting for discussion all the meaningful lessons to be learned from this powerful little book of the bible. When looked at through a microscope word by word, you lose the overall meaning, but to elevate it to a higher level, you gloss over a whole lot of important things embedded in every word. Is it simply poetry or are key concepts and phrases repeated because they are really important an applicable in many ways?

Is the prayer at the end of chapter 1 simply a prayer, or is it another example of how we should pray (like the Lord’s prayer)?

I would appreciate your prayers and your grace as I struggle through this.

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