The Manifold Wisdom of God

What does it mean to think prophetically? In order to obtain an answer to that question, I want to take us to a different view of certain passages of Scripture that we may have not quite considered in such a manner before. We will develop a prophetic paradigm to view the Word through, our generation through,...

Ephesians: The Mystery of Church 11-Heavenly Places

It seems that heavenly places essentially describes a position in the supernatural realm. This realm dictates all aspects of the natural. Heavenly Places is mentioned four times in the first three chapters of Ephesians. I believe that this supernatural aspect of the heavenly places and the Church’s...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 6

Ephesians 4b-Learning to Walk in a Mature Manner 1. 4:17-24 Walking in Maturity 1 – What Goes In a. In context with verse 15, which stated that we grow up in all aspects, I believe this next section deals with some aspects that can hinder our growth if we do not deal with them and grow out of them. What...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 5

Ephesians 4a –The Authentic Church 1. 4:1-9 Fulfilling the Call We must walk worthy of this calling. ”Calling’” in context with this study, refers to building on our position in Christ, seated at His right hand in the heavenly places (2:6), fulfilling His call and administering His...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 4

Ephesians 3 – The Mystery of the Church 1. 3:1-8 Introduction: Now you can see how, beginning from v 2:11, God is building His Body (church) in the earth, and how He is spiritually connecting and putting things together. All who believe are apart of God’s household, whether Jew or Greek[1] (Romans...

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...

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