Ridding of All Bitterness
Bitterness, however, has something to do with long term hurt/anger and accumulation of resentment against a person or a situation. We are angry with someone….
Continue reading →Tag Archives: epistle
Putting on the New Self (or: Reading and Applying the Bible) – 2
Scripture: Ephesians 4:20-27 It takes some efforts for the word of God to have effects in our lives. In addition to meditating on it and memorizing at least some part of it so that our lives can be transformed by renewed minds, we sometimes need to deeply search our souls in order to recognize our spiritual problems and to … Continue reading →
Putting on the New Self (or: Reading and Applying the Bible) – 1
Scripture: Ephesians 4:20-25 As believers in Christ, we have new lives, but from time to time all of us need to be reminded to live up to the new lives. To put off the old self, to be made new in the attitude of minds, and to put on the new man, are reminders that Paul gave to believers in Ephesians (4:22-24). … Continue reading →
Living Out Our New Lives!
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24 As people who have received spiritual blessings from God (1:3-14), we are called to live our lives worthy of his calling (4:1). As members of the Church, we learn to maintain unity so all believers may be rooted in the truth, speak truth in love, and continue to grow toward Christ (4:1-16). As individual believers, we learn to … Continue reading →
Maturity: Goal of Believers and of the Church (2)
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16 A lot have been said about the maturity of believers and of the church. In 4:12 we have the threefold purposes of the church: to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up to body of Christ1 Then v. 23 describes the three goals of the church: to reach unity in the faith and … Continue reading →
Ephesians 1 – 3: An Overview (2 of 2)
Scripture: Ephesians 1 to 3 In Ephesians chapters 1 to 3, Paul explains that God is to be praised for all spiritual blessings he has given to believers through Jesus Christ. Although we might think of praising God as saying prayers, singing hymns or praise songs, and those are indeed forms of praising, Paul explains in chapters 4 to 6 … Continue reading →
Ephesians 1 – 3: An Overview (1 of 2)
Scripture: Ephesians chapters 1 to 3 “Praise be to God for his great blessings to us” is the theme in Ephesians chapters 1 to 3. We have looked at some details of this passage in the past. As a reminder that the book of Ephesians is a letter and that every part is not detached from its surrounding passage, we are going … Continue reading →
Saved by Grace through Faith (4): Responding to His Work
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 “Saved by grace through faith” is a phrase that all Christian have heard. While it is important to study the meaning in details, here we are going to simply look at the context as it gives sufficient details on what is being taught.1
Continue reading →Saved by Grace through Faith (1)
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 We were spiritually dead, but God, out of his mercy and love for us, made us alive in Christ! That God made us who were dead alive shows his power, and his willingness to save us, because of his mercy and love, shows his grace. Understanding God’s blessing and his grace is part of Paul’s prayer for … Continue reading →
Understanding Spiritual Death
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 The Bible says that before God saved us, we were dead in transgression and sins. Clearly it is not talking about physical death because we were all living our lives before we came to Christ. So we understand it to mean spiritual death. Still, what does it mean to be spiritually dead? While a lot can be … Continue reading →