We’re discussing the 2nd half of Ephesians 4 this morning at What-A-Burger.
Would love to get your input on it in the comments below. I’ll share mine a little later in the day.
Continue reading Discussion on Ephesians 4
We’re discussing the 2nd half of Ephesians 4 this morning at What-A-Burger.
Would love to get your input on it in the comments below. I’ll share mine a little later in the day.
Continue reading Discussion on Ephesians 4
As part of our weekly What-a-Study men’s group on Wednesday mornings, we’ve been chewing on Ephesians for the last several weeks.
We’ve been taking it chunk by chunk, roughly 10-15 verses at a time and chewing on the passages with the symbol study that Aaron suggested a while back.
So this past week we were focused on the first portion of Ephesians 2 (Eph 2:1-10).
Continue reading How I found heaven at What-a-Burger (hint – it’s in me)
Ephesians 1:3-11:
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
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