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Category: Ephesians, The Obvious

  • Grace and Peace

    Eph 1:2 NLT

    May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

    Paul’s prayer for all believers. It is from God the father and the Lord Jesus Christ that we get the Grace and peace to do this life.

    So many people live a life of great anxiety every day. The worries of this life seem to overwhelm most everyone with whom I have contact with on a daily basis. This anxiety overtakes a person when there is no hope, when a person can see no way to overcome the odds they have been dealt by life. The ultimate giver of grace and peace is the Creator God of all there is! It is God and Christ who can give the grace to do this life in total peace.

  • Faithful Believers

    Eph 1:1 NLT

    This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus.
    I am writing to God’s holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.

    Paul Introduces himself as the writer of the letter to the church of the Ephesians. Then he introduces who the letter is written to.

    Faithful believers

    This letter was written to God’s holy people. (Those set apart for God)

    It is written to those who are faithful followers of Christ. Not just to anyone who calls themselves “christians”. This letter is for those who are full of faith in their everyday lives, in every aspect of those everyday lives. We are not to be christian on Sunday only when we are in church.

    Heb11:6a NLT

    And it is impossible to please God without faith.

    This carries into the entirety of our lives. Work, Recreation, Relationships, Hobbies, Church.