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“Ephesians is upbeat. Exciting and enriching.”

"A charm of its own"

What is the special appeal of Ephesians? In the space of half a dozen chapters, Paul presents the basic doctrines of authentic biblical Christianity - comprehensively, clearly, practically, and winsomely. In other words, we are told:

• who we are,
• how we came to be as we are,
• what we shall be, and
• what we must do now in light of that destiny.

John Stott draws the various threads together when he writes: ‘The whole letter is thus a magnificent combination of Christian doctrine and Christian duty, Christian faith and Christian life, what God has done through Christ and what we must be and do in consequence.’ Ephesians will change our lives. It is not so much a question of what we will do with the book, but what it will do with us. If read receptively, it is a bombshell!

You see, there are far too many of God’s people who are living like paupers when Christ has made them rich. The bottom line of this tremendous letter: why settle for skimmed milk when we can enjoy the benefits of full cream?”

“The Genius of Grace” (the message of Ephesians) by Dr. Sam Gordon (page 11- 12)