Ephesians 2:1-3 characterizes a life that does not have Christ. Man does not BECOME spiritually dead because he sins, he is spiritually dead because by nature he is sinful. Our condition has nothing to do with the way we live, but it has everything to do with the fact that we are dead spiritually even […]

In Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul clarifies what it means to receive salvation and to be a part of Christ’s Body, the church. Here the apostle moves from eternity past into current time. He describes the at and process of salvation, the miracle that draws us into the eternal plan portrayed in Chapter one. In context this […]

One of the great gifts we can give our children is preparing them to meet Christ. In 2 Timothy 3:14-15 Paul challenges Timothy to remember what his mother and grandmother had taught him from his youth. The Word of God should be presented to our children from day one, not when we “feel that they […]