Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 3

Ephesians 2 – The Church in the Heavenly Places in Christ Chapter Two builds on Chapter One. The position from which we start Chapter 2 is this: Christ Jesus is at the highest heavenly place. above all (1:10), and all of the focus, blessings and power of that position is toward us. We are His fullness,...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 2

Ephesians 1 - Christ in the Heavenly Places “Nowhere is the Spirit of revelation more evident than in this letter. Charles Hodge rightly observes: ‘The epistle reveals itself as the work of the Holy Ghost as clearly as the stars declare their maker to be God[1].’ “ 1. 1:1-3 After some opening remarks...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 1

The letter to the Ephesian believers is a vast treasury of wealth and knowledge containing the riches of the spiritual realm. It instructs us with the influence and power that the Church, the fellowship of believers, has as an inheritance in the heavenly places. And it is a declaration of the...

On Being “Drunk in the Spirit”

What do I mean by that term? I realize there’s certain things that if I say them, they will automatically conjure up caricatures of charismatics and their lingo, when I’m probably not using the terms in the traditional manner of which they’re usually used. In fact, I wrote about 80% of this...