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...

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Ephesians 6b & Conclusion III. Strength in the Spirit Part 2 a) 13-17 Taking up the Full Armor: As previously stated, each part of the armor about to be mentioned must be present if we are going to be able to stand. Each armor piece represents a virtue (inner strength and moral excellence). We must have...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 9

Ephesians 6a I. Strength in the Body 1. 1-4 Strong Families: For the Body to be strong, the families that make up the body must be strong. Husbands are the heads of the family just as Christ is the head of the Church. Husbands must be the spiritual leader of the family. If the husband and the wife lead the...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 8

Walking in Wisdom and the Spirit, and The Mystery of Christ and the  Church I. 15-20 Walk in wisdom and the Spirit a. 15-17 Wisdom is the knowledge to not walk down the wrong street. If you know that there is a temptation in that direction, then you go another route. 1. “Say to wisdom, ‘You are my...

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Ephesians 5a – Living in the Light 1. 1-2 As we grow, we imitate Christ, and walk as He walked, in love. When we imitate Him, we become more like Him, and less like the world. This will mean the more like Him we will become. We will live more pure and sin less. Sin is a stench in the nostrils of God. And...

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...

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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...

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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...