CHAPTER 7 FROM DEATH TO LIFE Ephesians 2:1 We pass by a sudden transition, just as in Colossians 1:21, from the thought of that which God wrought in Christ Himself to that which He works through Christ in believing men. So God raised, exalted, and glorified His Son Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:19 -and... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 8 SAVED FOR AN END Ephesians 2:7 The plan which God has formed for men in Christ is of great dimensions every way, -in its length no less than in its breadth and height. He "raised us up and seated us together (Gentiles with Jews) in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages w... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 9 THE FAR AND NEAR Ephesians 2:11 The apostle's "Wherefore" sums up for his readers the record of their salvation rehearsed in the previous verses. "You were buried in your sins, sunk in their corruption, ruined by their guilt, living under God's displeasure and in the power of Satan. All... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 10 THE DOUBLE RECONCILIATION Ephesians 2:14 "PEACE, peace-to the far off, and to the near!" Such was God's promise to His scattered people in the times of the exile. Isaiah 57:19 St. Paul sees that peace of God extending over a yet wider field, and terminating a longer and sadder banishme... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 11 GOD'S TEMPLE IN HUMANITY Ephesians 2:19 Now unfrequently it is the last word or phrase of the paragraph that gives us the clue to St. Paul's meaning and discloses the point at which he has aimed all along. So in this instance. "For a habitation of God in the Spirit": behold the goal of... [ Continue Reading ]