Ephesians

Ephesians 3:14-21 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with the power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in

The book of Ephesians is one of Paul’s many New Testament letters, or epistles, to the Christian church still in its infancy. At the time of its writing, Paul is in Rome, imprisoned for championing the purposes of Christ and growing the church. We see numerous occurrences where Paul, being a man of little concern for the status quo, is either imprisoned or fleeing capture by Jewish or Roman officials for usurping the latter (Acts 19: 23-41). The date of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is dated 60-61A.D., depending on differing research. While this is certainly one of his epistles known as the “prison letters”, Ephesians was penned prior to Paul’s first roman

In the first part of this letter, Paul has given instructions on how to get to heaven. Here, he tells us what we should be doing on our journey there: rescue the lost and help others with their burdens.

As I elaborate on the theme, “Equipping Saints for Ministry in the New Millennium”, I will discuss Paul’s words in Ephesians 4 to illustrate

Looking at our personal lives we can see that he bible relates to us today just as it did when Paul wrote the letters to the Romans. God inspired Paul to share his plan to his people, so that Christians can be examples of what God’s love and plan for us yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Christian’s need to accept the demands that our creator gave us to be ready for his return. The world has temptations that causes us to fall, but giving God the honor and glory he

He says, “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man.” To be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man: Paul asked that they would be strengthened with power, according to the riches of God’s glory. He also prayed that the might would come through the Holy Spirit to edify the inner man. There is an inner man, can be described as the inner spirit or soul, and just as real as our physical body. We all understand the importance of strength in our physical body, but many are exceedingly weak in the inner

Here, Paul is telling his audience that faith makes them strong in God. By doing this, he also urges them to perceive how great is the power of God. He is also instructing his audience on how to use that power that they are discovering, the power of Christ. Analyzing the verse a little deeper, what is Paul trying to communicate when he says “be strong”? The Greek transliteration for “be strong, is endunamoo, which means to acquire strength, or to empower. Strength is not something that we are

MIM: God’s love is the gift of mercy expressed to us through the suffering of Jesus caused by

The Letter to the Ephesians is most well-known for its description of Christ and the Church. Paul speaks of the Father's plan for salvation, the Church as the Body of Christ, unity of the Church in Christ, along with the acknowledgment of Jesus as One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, and One God. Paul outlines the five-fold ministry and details the purpose of each leader’s role. He calls for ministry leaders to lead by example, in other words, shepherd those under them. Christians are expected to exemplify living holy through their daily conduct, as children of the light.

Ephesians is Paul's letter to the people of Ephesus. This book is split into two main sections. It is brimfull of the idea that the father, son, and the Holy Spirit are all working together to make one multi-ethnic covenant family. Paul had been a missionary in Ephesus for nearly 2 years and got numerous people to start following Jesus. Now, the city of Ephesus is colossal and is a city of worship for the majority of the Greek and Roman Gods. Later, Paul is imprisoned and that’s when he spends his time writing this influential letter.

     The meaning of the passage to Paul is to strengthen his brothers in the faith. Paul wrote this to show them that things will not always be perfect and that some times they will face trials but with Jesus all things are possible. Paul also encourages himself through the encouragement of the church of Colosse. I think that when Paul writes to the church’s and tell them what he thinks, encourages them , prays for them, or even just telling them what he face for the gospel, that it gives him a sense of accomplishment or even a sense of why he is doing what he is doing.

In our student guide, the last sentence on page 4 stated, “The choices we make today will affect our eternity. Paul knows this very well and reiterates it many times in his letters. The message of eternity was as important to Paul as it should be to us today. The gospel message of how one can receive the eternal promises of God must be preached and proclaimed with the same urgency, confidence, and authority that Paul heralded with two thousand years ago.

Believers have been unified in salvation by grace and are called to live like Christ.

In the beginning of the book of Ephesians, Paul specifically states that he is the author of the letter to Ephesians, though the authenticity of Paul’s authorship has been questioned. Signing the name of an influential person of the period was common practice from “the third century BC to the first century AD.” Though it would not be the first time that Paul’s name was forged, Ephesians is not a controversial letter, so if the author did not want to include his own name, he could have written the letter anonymously; also, given moral influence of the text, the author would not have lied for no cause. Ephesians is a bit different from the other letters of Paul in that it does not follow the normal structure he has previously used: “salutation, thanksgiving, prayer, body, ethical exhortations, greetings.” Paul also makes many personal references throughout the book of Ephesians including sharing that he is in prison.

The main message of this passage is that whatever He calls us for to do we shall do it, and hope for the best, to experience the riches of his glorynessasked, and to feel his Almighty power. But be grateful for all that He has done for us. In the passage it is easy to catch that Paul is praying/asking for “Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.”(olive tree