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Ephesians Lesson 1

I'm sorry but it seems as though the Lesson disappeared somehow. Here it is.

Ephesians

Chapter 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Paul opens his letter to the Ephesians stating who he is, an apostle or an adherent of Jesus Christ by the will of God, not his own will but God's will. We all know about Paul's Damascus Road experience, Acts 22. We see that it wasn't Paul's will but God's will. Just as we see in John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Now he goes on to and calls the believers, saints which are at Ephesus. A saint in the New Testament is not a sinless person but a saved sinner. Say what Emil? Does that mean I am a saint? Yes, you are, it is through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that a sinner becomes a saint.

Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Just as we are called to be saints.

The word "saint" always refers ti a sanctified person, someone set aside for the purpose and service of God. So the people of Ephesus were a group of believers that as we go along we will see, needed much re-enforcement in who they were in Christ Jesus but, I don't want to get a head of myself here.

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph 1:1-2 (KJV)

Next Paul Bless the saints when he says, Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. OK, you can say, OK Emil, we got it, that is pretty simple. Is it really all that simple?

A little testimony. I can not give a good lesson with out being an eyewitness to the Word of God at work, other wise I am a false witness that only parrots what is written and have no understanding on how the Word of God works, the Living Word of God.

I once worked for this company and part of my job was dealing with other business in the same venue. There was one particular secretary that I would speak to and every time we hung up, I would say, God Bless you. I never gave it much thought, it was the Christian thing to do and it was automatic.

My wife and I ran into this women about ten years later, we had mutual friends but didn't know it until we all meet at my friend's house one night. Sandy introduced me to her husband Bill and said, he is born Again and so am I now! I said Praise the Lord, I am so happy for you.

Then she said, you don't understand, every time you called me and then hung up you always said, God Bless you. It would always hit me. If you never would have said that so often, I never would have listened to Bill and then accepted the Lord! BTW, they had also bought one of my old hot rods via another buyer. But, the point of these Blessing is what Paul was bring out. We are calling upon God to bring His grace, peace, love and whatever these people need in their lives.

Prov. 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

They may seem like simple words that Paul was saying or what I was saying but there was power of Blessings in those spoken words!