Ephesians - KenBible

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Ephesians 2:1-13(NIV)As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to livewhen you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, thespirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among themat one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts.Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive withChrist even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms inChrist Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches ofhis grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, itis the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork,created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called“uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in thebody by human hands) – remember that at that time you were separate from Christ,excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once werefar away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

MercyAlmighty God, I don’t need a major moral failureto experience Your mercy.I experience Your mercy every time you give mewhat I don’t deserve.You are an unbounded Being,complete in Yourself,the Source of all life and all that is.My existence is a mercy.You are infinite in excellence,perfect in power, wisdom, and love.You graciously gave me fellowship with You.I rejected You and chose myself:a speck of dust,a breath,utterly corrupt.I chose death,yet You continue to give me life.Every moment is a mercy.I am insignificant.Living in Your presence,sharing existence with You,I deserve to be summarily destroyed,or at best, completely ignored.Your attention is a mercy.Even Your anger,Your judgment,Your condemnation are mercies.Holy and just God,You know all that I havethought andsaid anddone.Condemned, I deserve whatever punishment can be inflictedon such a miserable creature as me.Your total forgiveness isan unspeakable mercy.

Though I am marvelously forgiven,my response to You continues to belukewarm,inconsistent, andungrateful.I deserve Your disgust.Instead, in mercyYou fill me with Yourself andtenderly grow me toward You.Day by day, every breath isa mercy.This beautiful earth isa mercy.Every chance to know You better isa mercy.Your faithful Spirit issuch a mercy!The amazing privilege of prayer isa mercy.Your unfailing patience withmy ignorance,weakness, andselfishness isa mercy.Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassionsnever fail. They are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23, NIV)Almighty God,my Father,You are compassion.You are kindness and goodness.You are deep and enduring love.My entire existence,every moment and forever,is enfolded inYour unending mercy.Praise to You!All praise to You,my Savior and my God!Hymn recording: Sea of Mercy

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Ephesians 2:14-22(NASB)For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down thebarrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law ofcommandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two intoone new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body toGod through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those whowere near; for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with thesaints and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostlesand prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building,being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also arebeing built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

Greater Than the TempleIn Christ, God’s temple became more than anyone imagined it could be.The temple was a building, designed as a house of prayer for all nations (Isaiah 56:7). Itwas a place of joy where people could talk with God, learn of Him, worship Him, and beassured of His care (Isaiah 2:2-5). In a sense, the temple made God’s presencetangible.Jesus began coming to the temple when He had to be carried (Luke 2:21-39). There Hisparents presented the infant Jesus to His true Father and dedicated Him to His service.Virtually all that we know about Jesus’ childhood is His devotion to His Father and to thetemple (Luke 2:41-52). Even at age twelve, He thought of the temple as His Father’shouse. His desire to be about His Father’s work drew Him there to a degree thatconfounded even His parents.As an adult, Jesus continued to think of the temple as His Father’s house. Thus Hecame to it in a unique capacity, as the Son of God (Matthew 17:24-27). He seemed tocome at every opportunity. There He spoke the Father’s words and did the Father’sworks. People who came to Jesus in the temple met their God face-to-face. He spenttime with them, rubbed shoulders with them, taught them, and healed them.They also experienced the Son’s all-consuming zeal for His Father’s house. Theysensed His passion as, with sovereign authority, He cleansed it of all that distractedfrom God Himself (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-16; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:14-22).Yet Jesus also lifted people’s sights beyond the temple buildings. He taught theSamaritan woman that true worship transcended the temple. Life could be engulfed inworship that flowed directly from our spirits to His, unencumbered by time and place(John 4:20-24). Referring to Himself, He told the Pharisees that “something greater thanthe temple is here” (Matthew 12:6, NASB). He proclaimed His own body as the truetemple of God. The magnificent temple structures, which had taken forty-six years tobuild, would soon be completely leveled (Matthew 24:2). But when His bodily templewas destroyed, it would rise again in only three days (John 2:19).The Spirit of Christ drew the early Church to the temple almost continually (Luke 24:5253; Acts 2:46). Through Paul, the Spirit taught the Church that they themselves wereGod’s living temple, His holy presence on earth (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19; 2Corinthians 6:1; Ephesians 2:19-22). The New Testament closes with the promise thatsoon, life will be so completely engulfed in God that a temple building will beunnecessary (Revelation 21:22).

In Jesus’ zeal for the temple, we glimpse the Son’s deep love for His Father, and theFather’s burning desire to be forever one with His children.Hymn recording: We Have Come, God’s Living Temple

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Ephesians 3:1-13(NASB)For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles – ifindeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me foryou; that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before inbrief.By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery ofChrist, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hasnow been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, thatthe Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers ofthe promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister,according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working ofHis power.To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles theunfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of themystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that themanifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulersand the authorities in the heavenly places.This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesusour Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are yourglory.

Cross Every BarrierTranscendent God,unseen God,high and holy God,You have broken down every barrier betweenYou andus.You have come to us andmade Yourselffully,humbly,humanly one with us.As You are now one with us,we are one with You.We share Your life.We share Your love.Within our hearts is the love thatbreaks down every barrier andcrosses every boundary.No human being is off-limits to Your great compassion.No one is too unlovely.No one is too sinful.No one is too needy.Father, live that love through us.You have broken down every barrier.May we let none of those old barriers stand in our way –not race or religion,not language or geography,not culture or education,not sexual orientation or social status,not comfort, self-centeredness, or fear.You are the Father of us all, andYour almighty love respects no boundaries.Make us bold in You,loving in You,joyful in You,ever sacrificing ourselves freely, completely to You.O great Father of all,lead us everywhere Your love longs to go.

Hymn recording: Beyond All Barriers

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Ephesians 3:14-21(NIV)For this reason I kneel before the Father,from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.I pray that out of his glorious richeshe may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.And I pray that you,being rooted and established in love,may have power together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp howwide andlong andhigh anddeepis the love of Christ, and toknow this love that surpasses knowledge –that you may be filled to the measure ofall the fullness of God.Now to him who is able to doimmeasurably more than all weask orimagine,according to his power that is at work within us,to him be gloryin the church andin Christ Jesusthroughout all generations,for ever and ever!Amen.

Please Yourself, LordMy Lord Jesus,I am amazed athow much life You have breathedinto my deadness,how much loving wisdominto my selfish ignorance,how much consistency,how much holiness,how much of Yourself You have grown in me.Loving Lord,Almighty God,Merciful Friend,this is my prayer today:Please Yourself in me.Wrap Yourself around my thoughts,permeate my feelings,seize my heart,energize all You have made me.Fulfill in meall that Your wisdom has planned andall that Your love has dreamed.Lord, please Yourself fully in me today.Father,I am from You.May all I am flow back to Youfor Your glory alone.Hymn recording: Beyond Imagination

Beyond Imaginationq 84TUNE: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (ST. ANNE)Psalm 34:8; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 3:14-21C& 44 œœ1. Lord2. His3. With4. Lord? 44 œœG& œœCFœœœœœœœœCEGod, be pres - ence- in thisGod, be -CœœFœœAmœœœœœœœœD m7FœœœœœœCAmœœœœœœœœAmCEmDœœ # œœœœG .yond our thoughts and prayers, Be - yond all we cansee,bears de - li - cious fruitFrom gar - dens alla - bove.life offlesh and blood, Alife more deep and broad,yond allwecandoYour bless - ingisre - stored:DmœœGœœœœCœ.œYour Spir - it grows with - inWetaste and see that YouAbound- less life,alifeWe breathe the heart, thelife? œGœœœœœœF M7 DFm Eœ œ œJ œour heartsare goodcom - plete:andloveœœœœœœ# œœCEœœAAndTheOfn œœœœDmœœœœCœœœœDmFœœG7œ œœ œ œ . .C . new re - al - i - ty.glad - ly trust Yourlove.full - ness of ourGod!Je - sus Christ ourLord!œœœœœœWORDS: Ken BibleMUSIC: William Croftœ .ST. ANNEC.M.Alt. Tune: AZMONCopyright 2006 and 2010 by LNWhymns.com (ASCAP). All rights reserved.Administered by Music Services.CCLI Song #4764595. For CCLI information call 1-800-234-2446.

Ephesians 4:1-6(NASB)Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of thecalling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience,showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of theSpirit in the bond of peace.There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of yourcalling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all andthrough all and in all.

Follow One LeaderWhen he, the Spirit of truth, comes,he will guide you into all truth. (John 16:13, NIV)So many valid concerns,so many worthy goals,so many good things call for our attention.Focus on one aspect of

Ephesians 4:25-32 46 Speaking and Listening 47 Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit 48 Ephesians 5:1-20 49 Prayer Response to Ephesians 5:1-20 50 Christ Is Shining in You 51 Ephesians 5:21-33 52 Reflection on Love 53 Love 54 Ephesians 6:1-9 55 Parenting 56