Justin Walkup

Ephesians Summary

Paul is writing a letter to the Ephesians checking up on them but also giving them some much needed direction. In the beginning of the letter Paul reassures The Ephesians that God has saved them and not the other way around I think this is key.  I believe early Christians have a tendency to give themselves credit for things.  After Paul feels he has properly conveyed them enough about Gods grace and how God has saved them he gives them some much needed advice.  I know when I was in the stage of immature Christianity I had a willing heart for God but didn’t really know what it entailed to live a life for Christ.  I feel Paul wrote them to answer those questions like mine with things like obeying our parents, how to raise your children, wearing the full armor of God, sexual impurity, greed, and lust.  These are all solid truths that we can find easily just by opening the bible and all Christians must daily strive to do.  Paul was very strategic in writing this letter, by building a strong foundation of God and providing biblical truths I feel the Ephesians were effectively ministered to.  I couldn’t imagine what it would be like without the bible to turn to whenever I have doubts, questions, or hardships.  How much do we take the bible for granted?  I think to truly appreciate the bible we must first put ourselves in the shoes of the Ephesians living in a very unaccepting pagan society with a desire to love God but not knowing how to live for him to be a servant, to not have all the answers right in front of you.  I think until we can truly shift our paradigm to that of the Ephesians we cant truly appreciate the bible for what it is, Hope, Truth, Guidance, and Encouragement, the living word of God always relevant and always true.  Then finally we can all become servants to the gospel and truly understand what it is to be a Christian.