EPHESIANS 2:11-18 God has reconciled both Jews and Gentiles to Himself. Therefore, when the Jew and the Gentile receive Christ as Saviour, they can be at peace with each other because they are at peace with God. Once God has become their Father, they can gladly call each other “brother.”...
EPHESIANS 2:1-10 Because we are seated in the heavenlies in Christ, we should have spiritual rest and relaxation. However, many who know Christ as Saviour are characterized by worrying. The Bible says, “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity” (Ps. 37:1). The...
EPHESIANS 1:19-23 The Scriptures frequently refer to God’s power as it relates to the believer. Ephesians 6:10 says, “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will...
EPHESIANS 1:16-18 From Ephesians 1:18 it is apparent that we are more than a mere inheritance of Christ. Paul emphasized the kind of inheritance we are to Christ in the words “riches of the glory of his inheritance.” Believers are an inheritance of glorious riches to Christ. This reveals to...
EPHESIANS 1:3; ROMANS 8:35-39 The individual who has received Christ as Saviour has been united to Christ, but he is traveling through a world that has an ungodly, hostile atmosphere.Thus, the believer needs a spiritual atmosphere in which to breathe. Just as astronauts have to take along their own atmosphere...
EPHESIANS 1:2-3; JOHN 15:1-10 The believer’s resources—all spiritual blessings—are “in Christ” (Eph. 1:3). Christ is the life of the believer and thus provides for him all that he needs. Before salvation the individual was in Adam, but after salvation he is in Christ. In Adam the individual possessed only a...
EPHESIANS 1:1; JOHN 3:13-21 Eternal life is procured by the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By His death Jesus paid the penalty for sin; by His burial He took sin away; by His resurrection He lives in the believer. This is all involved in the new birth. On...
GALATIANS 6:11-18 It is remarkable to realize that the crucifixion is a way of life, not just a way of death. Christ’s crucifixion was not the end of His redemptive work, for He arose from the grave and provided us with the resurrection life. Romans 6:7 says, “For he that...
GALATIANS 6:1-10 To speak of bearing one another’s burdens and then to say that every man shall bear his own burden appears on the surface to be a contradiction. This really is not the case. Two different words are used in the original language that are translated “burden” in Galatians...
GALATIANS 5:13-26 The flesh and the Holy Spirit are contrary one to the other. Their aims and purposes are diametrically opposed to each other. Each one says no to the other.They checkmate each other.This, of course, results in a stalemate for the Christian. This is why the apostle says, “Ye...