Title: Grace and Peace/Ephesians 1:1-2
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The epistle of Ephesians is a concise, concise summary of the Christian gospel and its meaning.
It is a book. Ephesians is a short epistle of only six chapters, but
As we read, we will be amazed and marveled at Calvin, the founder of the Presbyterian Church.
Many seniors of faith, including me, enjoyed reading this book of Ephesians.
Armitage Robinson called "The Crown of the Epistles of the Apostle Paul"
did
William Barclay proclaimed <Queen of correspondence>.
The message of this letter truly moved and inspired many people.
One of them was John Mackay, the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary.
is. After reading the book of Ephesians, he confessed:
;I saw a new world---everything was new---I had a new perspective and new
Experiences and new attitudes toward others. I loved God.
Jesus Christ became the center of it all.---I was revived. I really
it has become a living being. =
John McKay could never forget the ecstasy of Ephesians. So January 1948
at the University of Edinburgh for the formation of the World Council of Churches.
I took the book of Ephesians as the main text in the lecture (Croel lecture), and the theme of the church council was
God's Order and Man's Disorder was the subject of Professor McKay's lecture.
It was called God's Order. Ephesians is God's quality in this chaotic world
I am declaring a book. God's order in Ephesians is God's order of creation
It is the restoration of God's kingdom and the order of the kingdom of God.
At that time, Ephesus was such a city where God's order was destroyed.
It was a sinful city where prostitution flourished and where murderers, thieves and robbers lived free.
C. To the Ephesians living in Ephesus, Paul was in prison even though he was in prison.
We are declaring God's new order to the saints outside the prison. Ephesians
God's order in the world is to build a united community in a world of disagreement,
To achieve reconciliation in a divided world, and to be an order that builds peace instead of war.
This is the whole theme of Ephesians.
We are living in a very unstable world today.
You have crossed the dangerous level. The friction of inconsistency is being heard loudly from everywhere.
The history of anger, hatred, and bloodshed continues without end. God's order is being built
Rather than being destroyed, it is being destroyed.
You will have to listen to the voice of God speaking to Lee.
One
Ephesians is a short book with a total of six chapters. However, the gospel
The truth of the truth can be said to be infinity. Now we pray at Ephesus
We will read the book together. One in Us While Studying Ephesians Together
Your order is newly restored to form a community of unity and unity, and a community of reconciliation
We must become all of us who achieve this and build peace.
First, in the first half of verse 1, Paul introduces himself. he himself
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
is introducing himself. Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
The conviction and self-consciousness that he had become was clear to Paul. Paul's epistles are characterized by this
We begin our correspondence with the conviction of our calling.
1 Corinthians: Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus,
Galatians: Neither of men nor of man, but ---
Paul, an apostle by God the Father,
Colossians: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
1 Timothy: At the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope
Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus,
2 Timothy: According to the promise of life in Christ Jesus by the will of God
Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus,
Titus: Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
Paul had a clear <consciousness of calling> that God called him. Ephesians
As we come into contact with this, we first encounter Paul's <consciousness of calling>.
His calling was more important than life, his whole life, and the life that supported him.
It was the driving force. We must also have a sense of calling. God has called me.
We must have confidence that God has made me God's people as God's children.
We also know that there is God's purpose, God's plan, and God's will in calling you a woman.
must know, and obey its will. Those who do not have a sense of vocation are still
I am also a person who does not know God. I discovered the calling God has given to us.
We must live a purposeful life, a meaningful life, and a life that glorifies God.
Paul's sense of calling was not artificially created by himself. Paul's cow
The command is by the will of God. Therefore, Paul's authority is that of Jesus Christ.
It is an authority, a privilege given by God. With this authority, Paul wrote to the saints in Ephesus
and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. That letter is Ephesians.
that is.
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The recipients of the book of Ephesians are; the saints in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Field = is. Paul's direct motive for writing the epistle to Ephesians is that Paul was imprisoned in Rome.
When he heard the word and the saints were grieving, he comforted them through Tychicus, and
I am writing the epistle to Ephesians to exhort them to their faith. The recipients are the saints. That is,
Those who are in Christ. That is, we who are in Christ today
You are the recipients. Yes. We are all recipients of this letter. Therefore we
You should read this manual carefully and meditate on it. If the recipient of the letter refuses to receive it,
If you do not open and read the letter after receiving it, the person who sent the letter will feel very sorry for you.
We will do it, and further we will become angry and angry. We will give God's blessings rather than
We must not commit the folly of turning into the wrath of God.
The concept of ?쐇n Christ??is very important in Ephesians. Whole Ephesians
When the theme of Chapter 6 is organized by chapter, the commonality is the concept of <in Christ>.
All.
The theme of Chapter 1 is ;Spiritual possession in Christ =.
The theme of Chapter 2 is ;the spiritual position in Christ.
The theme of Chapter 3 is ;Spiritual Community in Christ.
The theme of Chapter 4 is ;Spiritual fellowship in Christ.
Chapter 5 is about the spiritual life in Christ.
The theme of Chapter 6 is ;Spiritual Victory in Christ =.
Today's text is the greeting of the epistle, which is divided into sub-parts. The first is Paul's
Kiso-Kiso-Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and the second recipient-Ephesians
The saints in the ox, and the faithful of Christ Jesus, and the third is the flag of grace and peace.
It is the circle.-Grace and peace to you through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
be there However, if you look closely at this detail, you will find that it is being done in <in Christ>
You can find the sound. In other words
;Paul the Apostle of Christ Jesus, ;To the saints in Christ Jesus, ;Lord Yes
We are praying for grace and peace by following Jesus Christ.
God's new order, God's new society
Ephesians tells us that it is a re-creation of God.
Jews and Gentiles will be united in Christ, and all barriers will be removed in Christ.
Falling apart is what Ephesians is telling us. In Christ
God's new order and society will be created by grace and peace, the conclusion of today's Word.
It is a country where you live.
The message of Ephesians is this very grace and peace, and it is also abundant grace and peace.
If we take a closer look at this grace and peace, we will see <Peace through grace.
and lived thankfully for God's grace. In Ephesians 3:8, Paul describes himself as
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I am confessing that I am less than the least of all. In fact, Paul taught himself
turn on
It is confessed in 1 Timothy 1:15 that it is <the chief of sinners>. die in sins and trespasses
He saved himself, who was a child of wrath, and made himself a child of God, who was by nature a child of wrath.
River, this peace, Paul is praying for us who are in Christ.
This peace is a peace that this world cannot give, a peace that cannot be exchanged for anything in this world.
It is a peace that nothing in this world can take away.
Even the cold prison cell of Rome could not take away this peace. The same prison epistle, Philippians 4
In verse 4, Paul in prison says to the saints outside the prison:
Rejoice in the Lord always, I say again, rejoice, and then in verses 6 and 7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication your requests
Speak to God with thanksgiving, and the blessing of God, who surpasses all understanding
Peace will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Dear saints,
The recipient of the book of Ephesians is none other than ourselves. In Jesus Christ.
It is us, it is me. Peace through grace in Christ, abundant peace
You must live with joy and emotion. Also, by imitation of Paul's sense of calling,
In grace and peace, God's new society is being built together in Jesus Christ.
in construction
you will have to participate.
Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
be with you
[Prayer of Determination]
You have called us by the will of God, so we can be together at this time.
Thank you for allowing us to worship. God's plan for us.
Help me to realize and answer the call to have a clear sense of calling
Please let me live.
Above all, let me live in Christ,
Help me to realize that living in the city is the most precious thing.
grace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
May you live in peace and always live a life of gratitude and emotion
let me live
Let the community of our calling become one through the book of Ephesians,
Let all the barriers in the middle be broken down so that a new kingdom of God can be built.
come
We thank and pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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