Episode

Ephesians 4:17-32 – Sanctification is not automatic after salvation. Believers must choose to walk in a manner that matches the spiritual identity by putting off the old self and putting on the new self.

Ephesians 4:1-16 – As the letter of Ephesians turns from theological doctrine to practical application, Paul encourages believers to walk worthy of the calling they have received.

Ephesians 3:14-21 – In Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul prayed for enlightenment through the Holy Spirit for believers. This week we see Paul praying for enablement through the Holy Spirit for believers.

Ephesians 3:1-13 – Being captured by Christ leads believers to be stewards of God’s grace and partakers of His covenant promise, so that through the Church the gospel can be proclaimed.

Last week in Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul describes our vertical relationship with God. This week in Ephesians 2:11-22 Paul describes our horizontal relationship with believers. Because God saved us, we are one with Christ and one with other believers.

Ephesians 2:1-10 – Before Christ we are deed in our sins and trespasses. BUT GOD – The most grace-filled words – being rich in mercy, loved us with a great love. In God’s kindness we have been made alive together with Christ.

Ephesians 1:15-23 – Paul prays the eyes of the Ephesians’ hearts would be enlightened so they would receive wisdom and revelation from the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit now lives in us, we have spiritual eyes to see spiritual things.

Ephesians 1:3-14 reveals the presence of the Trinity and encourages the reader to examine how the Trinity is involved in salvation.

The book of Ephesians provides its readers with a theological textbook. Originally written for churches in and around Ephesus, Paul teaches who we in Christ and how we should behave as Christ followers. What we believe about God and who we are in Christ (orthodoxy) should drive our behavior (orthopraxy).