Ephesians Study 09
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Ephesians
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Ephesians
- Ephesians 4:14-16
- Maturity
- emotionally
- spiritually
- Make a choice to mature
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
- Evidence
- Speech: truth in love (risk of offending)
- Hear: truth (with or without love)
- Fruitful: Luke 6
- Maturity
- Ephesians 4:17-24
- Renew yourself: Romans 12:1-2
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Ephesians
| Paul’s List order | Controversy (decreasing) |
|---|---|
| Apostles | Evangelist |
| Prophets | Teacher |
| Evangelist | Shepherd |
| Shepherds | Apostles |
| Teachers | Prophets |
- Apostles: apostolos – delegate, messenger, sent for the with orders.
- Prophets: prophetes – interpreter of hidden things, moved by the Spirit of G_D.
- Evangelist: euaggelistes – bringer of good tidings
- Shepherd: poimen – committed to care of others, aka pastor.
- Teacher: didaskalos – teacher
Purpose
- to prepare G_D’s people for work
- building up of the Ekklesia
- in unity of faith to maturity
Don’t lose focus
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Ephesians
- Ephesians 2:11-22
- Abolish (Ephesians 2:15) Katargeo – Render Inoperative VS Destroy (Matthew 26:61) Katalyo – destroy, demolish
Purpose of the Ekklesia
- Draw to Himself gentiles
- Provoke unbelieving Israel to jealousy
- A dwelling place on earth for the G_d of Israel
- To make known to the world the wisdom of the G_d of Israel
- To bring eternal glory to the G_d of Israel
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Ephesians
- Ephesians 3:1-10
- Ephesians 3:2 – Stewardship – oikonomia – Administration, Dispensation
- Ephesians 3:3 – Revelation – apokalypsis – laying bare, making known
- Ephesians 3:4 – Mystery – mystērion – hidden thing, secret, a hidden purpose of counsel
- Ephesians 3:6 – Fellow Heirs – symmetochos – partaking together with one, a joint partaker
- Colossians 1:24-27
- Ephesians 3:10 – Made Known – gnōrizō – make known, be recognized
- Ephesians 3: 11-21
- Ephesians 3:18
- Breadth – platos – suggesting great extent
- Length – mēkos – length, literally or figuratively
- Height – hypsos – of measurement, of place, heaven, high station
- Depth – bathos – depth, of “the deep” sea, extreme, of the deep things of G_D
- Romans 8:37-39
- Acts 15:13-18
- Amos 9:11-12 – all the nations – gowy / goyim – non-Hebrew people
- Isaiah 49:6
- Ephesians 3:18
