Description
IAN HAMILTON
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul elaborates on, in a most wonderful way, the God-given, Christ-secured, Holy Spirit-applied privileges of the Christian life. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in the New Testament, we are brought face to face with the “unsearchable riches of Christ” (3:8). Step by adoring step, Paul introduces us to the spiritual blessings that are the predestined, blood-bought privileges of all who have put their self-abandoning trust in Jesus Christ. His letter to the Ephesians is a spiritual Mount Everest, turning us away from ourselves and placing the spotlight of God’s great salvation wholly on Christ.
Table of Contents:
1. Paul’s greeting (1:1-2)
2. So great a salvation (1:3-7)
3. God’s ultimate plan (1:8-10)
4. Spirit-sealed inheritance (1:11-14)
5. Prayer for the church (1:15-19)
6. The power that resides in the church (1:20-23)
7. What we all once were (2:1-3)
8. ‘But God’ (2:4-7)
9. Amazing grace (2:8-10)
10. Transforming unity (2:11-16)
11. The preaching Jesus (2:17-18)
12. No longer strangers (2:19-22)
13. Revealed mystery (3:1-6)
14. Unsearchable riches of Christ (3:7-13)
15. Prayer for strength (3:14-19)
16. Inevitable doxology (3:20-21)
17. Unity of the Spirit (4:1-6)
18. Christ’s gifts (4:7-11)
19. Perfect manhood (4:12-16)
20. New life in Christ (4:17-24)
21. Living the life (4:25-32)
22. Be like God (5:1-2)
23. Live differently (5:3-16)
24. Filled with the Spirit (5:17-21)
25. Wives and husbands (5:22-24)
26. Husbands and wives (5:25-33)
27. Children and parents (6:1-3)
28. Fathers and children (6:4)
29. Bondservants and masters (6:5-9)
30. The enemy (6:10-12)
31. The whole armour of God (6:13-18)
32. Praying in the Spirit (6:18-20)
33. Greetings and grace (6:21-24)