THE MILITANT CHURCH Lesson 15 Ephesians 6:10–13 Glorious things have been written about the church in the epistle to the Ephesians! The church is the fulfillment of the “mystery” which had never been revealed before. Jew and gentile, rich and poor, bond and free, learned and unlearned—they all meet together in the church. Paul has […]
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH: THE PATTERN FOR THE HOME Lesson 13 Ephesians 5:22–33 Wives and Husbands This paragraph has received more unfavorable attention in our day than any other part of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Paul is dealing with a relationship which is undergoing great changes in our age. What is the proper relationship […]
IMITATORS OF GOD Lesson 11 Ephesians 5:1–14 Some believe. that the first two verses of chapter 5 belong with the material which has been treated in the previous chapter. However, it fits just as well with the thought the Apostle develops in the verses 3 to 14 of chapter 5. He will speak of the […]
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BELIEVER’S AND UNBELIEVER’S LIFE. Lesson 9 Ephesians 4:17–24 The church of Jesus Christ will somehow display a unity in the midst of a hostile world. We often despair of such a unity, but it is a fact despite the fact that there are all manner of branches of that one church […]
PAUL’S PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIAN CHURCH Lesson 7 Ephesians 3:14–21 The main task which the Lord has given the apos.ties to do is to teach and proclaim the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. However, there was also a priestly work to be done to build up the church which the Lord had established. It is […]
We are glad that Henry Vander Kam, the pastor of the Doon, Iowa, church is making a good if gradual recovery from a heart attack and can begin these new studies. OUR GLORIOUS REDEMPTION Lesson 1 Ephesians 1:1–14 A Letter About Christ’s Church Paul wrote this beautiful epistle while he was a prisoner in Rome. […]
Jonah’s prayer from the belly of the fish is one of the hidden jewels of Scripture. Most commentators refer to Jonah’s prayer as a psalm. And it’s true that the prayer fits the pattern of other biblical psalms. More than that, Jonah’s psalm draws heavily from particular thoughts and phrases in the Psalter. But Jonah’s […]
We come to that part of James’s epistle over which a considerable amount of ink has been spilt. In fact, during the Reformation, there was so much of a boggle over his teaching here that Martin Luther wanted to remove James’s epistle from the scriptural canon. James asks his readers a question: Wasn’t Abraham justified […]
Lesson 15 II Thess. 3:1–5 Paul is coming to the close of a very brief letter which he has sent to the Thessalonian church. He has really dealt with only one doctrinal matter in this letter and has given them the right view concerning the time immediately prior to the return of Christ. He has, […]
Lesson 13 – II Thessalonians 2:6–12 In the previous verses the author had spoken of the nature of the man of sin who will come before our Lord returns. The question may well rise in the minds of the readers: Why is his coming delayed until the time just before the return of Christ? Paul […]