“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…” Ephesians 6:17 The helmet is the only article in the military equipment of ancient soldiers which has survived to […]
“…and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.” EPHESIANS 6:15, 16 It is imperative that the soldiers of Christ be completely clad. Our spiritual warfare demands adequate equipment. Even the […]
“Stand therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness” Ephesians 6:14 Paul patterns the armor of the Christian after the equipment of the Roman soldier. This equipment was designed both for defense […]
“…and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23 The words quoted above stand at the close of a prayer that begins at verse 17. Paul’s prayers […]
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God…” Ephesians 1:1 All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally important. First Corinthians 15:3 obviously is more important as a statement of truth than is I Chronicles 11:22. With this issue we are commencing a series of devotional studies of a section […]
“But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off arc made nigh in the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create […]
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 “NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast.” For we are God’s workmanship! The wonder of the workmanship, therefore, is something for which God is to be praised. He accomplished it, not […]
“For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, that no man should glory.” Ephesians 2:8,9 God loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses! And this love was the moving cause of his mercy. He does not love […]
Devotional Studies in Ephesians “And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also […]
Devotional Studies in Ephesians “…in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance…” Ephesians 1:13, 14 Twice in this epistle Paul speaks of believers as “sealed” (cf. 4,30). A similar statement appears in II Corinthians 1:21, 22. In legal documents the seal is placed […]