The Book of Ephesians (Page 2)

The Blessings of God Here at Celebration Church, we walk through books of the Bible.  We have always taken passages we find difficult and worked through them.  This morning, we come to a passage that some of you find delightful, others find distasteful.  Some of you may feel both.  It is a passage that speaks of God’s predestination in salvation. I have seen these verses grow Christians and churches into a wonderful maturity.  I have also seen it split, divide…

Ephesians 1:1-2 Founded by Paul, who spent 2 years there preaching and teaching  The first 3 chapters of the book are explaining theological truths, namely our position in Christ In chapter 1 we read that Christ chose us before the foundation of the world, purchased us by His blood, and has absolute and complete dominion over all creation. In Chapter 2 we read about our personal state before Christ,  dead in our trespasses and sins, enemies of God, and without…