Ephesians Study Lesson 6

This week we went over Ephesians 2: 8-22

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

¹¹ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

¹² That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

¹⁴ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

¹⁵ Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

¹⁶ And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

¹⁷ And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

¹⁸ For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

¹⁹ Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

²⁰ And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

²¹ In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

²² In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

So here we go, we are saved by faith. So what is faith? well it is more than just belief because then many who believe the Bible yet deny it for some reason would be saved and even demons believed Jesus was the Messiah. It is more than that. It is belief and trust.

(Proverbs 3: 5-6)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

now to skip on to verses 9- 10 as you see we can not boast in what we do as they are God's

(Galatians 6:14)

¹⁴ But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Tough you do have to admit you want to do good works for the blessings of God and try to work for them. 

OK so for a slightly different topic I move to 11 - 22. 

These verses are here because there was enmity between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles. 

Christian Jews wanted Christian Gentiles to follow the "Old Covenant" laws(circumcision, sacrifices, Passover, etc.) though the Gentiles were not supposed to as the Jews themselves were given a 40 year transition period before the were to stop.(transition ended in the destruction of the temple).  This basically describes how the Christian Gentiles were fellow citizens in the Faith.


Well that's it for now. Have a blessed day